cmyk cmyk cmyk Jamir passesaway erhood ofmankind. lieved inuniversalbroth- manist intellectual,whobe- field ofliteratureandahu- his contributionsinthe will god Governor RavisaidJamir Pangertula Longkumer, Padma ShriJamir'swife condolence messageto condoled Jamir'sdeath.Ina chief ernor RNRavianddeputy education.Nagaland Gov- ture and tions inthefieldoflitera- awards forhiscontribu- in 2018andmanyother was conferredPadmaShri Hindi.Piyong TemjenJamir the countrythrough literature reachtherestof helped Nagafolkloresand in Nagaland.Healso butions topopulariseHindi and madeimmensecontri- Training InstituteDimapur Rashtra BhashaHindi was theprincipalof Shri PiyongTemjen Jamir prolonged illness.Padma Dimapur onSundayafter Jamir passedawayat Padma ShriPiyong Temjen litterateur fromNagaland Hindi scholarand Guwahati, June13: and rescueisunderway. being verifiedasthesearch number ofcasualtiesisstill Hubei provinceTheexact injured ingasexplosion China: 12killed,over100 large numberofpeople. trict at6.30a.m.,trappinga the city'sZhangwandis- residential communityin accident tookplaceina Xinhua newsagency.The them tohospitals,reports city ofShiyanandrushed from theblastsitein workers found150people p.m. (localtime),rescue people iscritical.Asof12 ports, theconditionof39 on Sunday.As perre- in China'sHubeiprovince injured inagasexplosion and morethan100people least 12peoplewerekilled Beijing, June13: a scientificmanner. and buildembankmentsin ficials toconceptualise lem, Ihavedirectedtheof- get ridofthefloodprob- ing therainyseason."To should becarriedoutdur- and emergencyworks ister saidonlytemporary May everyyear.The min- works bythemonthof all theembankmentrepair rected theofficialstoend across thestate.Hedi- have beenaccelerated tion andrepairworks embankment construc- war footing.Hazarikasaid sion-control worksona officials tocarryoutero- works anddirectedthe the embankmentrepair Jerai andtookstockof Bogibeel andDehing Burijan, Rohmoria, local MLAsvisited resources officialsand accompanied bywater pair works.Theminister, spected theongoingre- Dibrugarh districtandin- embankments in on Sundayvisitedthe minister PijushHazarika Assam waterresources Guwahati, June13: Pijush Hazarika IN BRIEF Gas explosion embankments Piyong Temjen N minister YPattonhave in Hubei own inhistoryfor visits EWS Noted At employees tojoinofficefrom Monday on CMSarmaforignoring state.Coming downheavily community inthe control oftheminority statement onpopulation Sarma forhiscontroversial minister HimantaBiswa has slammed Assam chief Court UpamanyuHazarika advocate intheSupreme Guwahati, June13: over populationcontrolremarks will beinforce.Govtasked lockdown acrossthestate Monday evenasapartial cine tojoinofficesfrom two dosesofCovid-19vac- ployees whohavereceived Sunday askedallitsem- Assam governmenton Guwahati, ,June13: Ministry Sundaysaidthe next fiveyears.TheDefence in thedefencesectorfor for researchandinnovation port ofnearlyRs499crore approved budgetarysup- Minister RajnathSinghhas next fiveyears.Defence the defencesectorfor research andinnovationin of nearlyRs499crorefor proved budgetarysupport Rajnath Singhhasap- sectorDefence Minister novations indefence nearly Rs499croreforin- budgetary supportof Rajnath Singhapproves New Delhi,June13: cently requestedthead- Sindhi communityhadre- refugees fromtheHindu tatives ofthePakistani official said.Therepresen- on Sunday(June13),an tered COVID-19vaccines Indore willbeadminis- Madhya Pradesh's community livingin from theHinduSindhi 5,000 Pakistanirefugees Indore, June13: Pakistani refugeesinIndore Rajnath Singhapprovesbudgetary support ofnearlyRs499crorefor inoculate around5000 Hazarika slams Assam CM Madhya Pradeshto Assam govttellsfullyvaccinated innovations indefencesector SC lawyerUpamanyu Vol. No. VI About Senior The government seeks... New Israelicoalition Hazarika said,"Thechief tion fromBangladesh, the issueofillegalmigra- tres by city's vaccinationcen- coronavirus jabsatthe to receiveanti- refugees willnowbeable proval. ThesePakistani state government'sap- accepted followingthe ."This demandhasbeen ficer DrPraveenJadiatold District ImmunizationOf- coronavirus inoculation, ministration foranti- setting upoftheiDEX sector.The ministrysaidthe the defenceandaerospace liance andindigenisationin primary objectiveofself-re- said theiDEX-DIOhas try saidinastatement.It next fiveyears,"theminis- Organisation (DIO)forthe (iDEX)-Defence Innovation for DefenceExcellence 498.8 croretoInnovations budgetary supportofRs Singh hasapprovedthe fence MinisterRajnath fence manufacturing."De- and makeIndiaahubforde- tary hardwareandweapons push tocutimportsofmili- sync withthegovernment's sector.The schemeisin reliance inthedefence larger goalofensuringself- vidual innovatorswitha prises (MSMEs)andindi- small andmediumenter- nearly 300start-ups,micro, vide financialsupportto funds willbeusedtopro- Secretary MSManivannan partment Commissionerand De- General Administration the statewillbeinforce.The as apartiallockdownacross offices fromMonday even COVID- 19vaccinetojoin received twodosesof all itsemployeeswhohave IssueNo.119 Contd...Page6 RNI-ASSENG/2014/58385|GUWAHATI nority recently askedthemi- Chief ministerSarmahad measures," saidHazarika. is the lackofbirthcontrol graphic changes,ratherit mary causefordemo- Bangladesh isnotthepri- infiltration from that migrationandillegal minister's viewsuggests birth control. Thechief primary requirementbeing population explosion,the not resolvetheissueof to thiscommunitywould of encroachersbelonging minister saidthateviction creating duction (DDP)isaimedat partment ofDefencePro- ment oftheDIObyDe- framework andestablish- said.On June4,the Assam authority," Manivannan proval ofthecompetent work."This hastheap- ernment whilejoiningthe tocols issuedbythegov- follow allCovidrelatedpro- eligible employeesshould order furthersaidthatthe regularly," headded.The tend officefrom14/06/2021 are herebydirectedtoat- doses ofCOVID-19vaccine have receivedboththe Government of Assam who offices, alltheemployeesof functioning ofgovernment order toensuresmooth the governmentoffices."In the smoothfunctioningof decision hasbeentakenfor issued anorderandsaidthe twenty-six lakhcustomers press onFriday.Notably, while addressingthe Cabinet ministersaid principal andinterest,the amount includesboth March 31thisyear.The outstanding in Assam till microfinance loansare Rs 12,500croreof said thatasumamountof Singhal partment Ashok ment andIrrigationDe- opment, UrbanDevelop- ister forGuwahatiDevel- Guwahati, June13: 12,500 CrOutstandingIn Microfinance LoansOf? ness tojointalks.The has indicateditswilling- Jammu andKashmir-- the specialstatusof formed tohelprestore seven-party amalgam Alliance orPAGD, the invitation yet,theGupkar there hasbeennoformal sources havesaid.While toration ofstatehood, political processandres- Kashmir toinitiatethe cal partiesinJammuand dialogue withthepoliti- Centre islikelytobegin Srinagar, June13: Elections InJammu And Kashmir?Sources Assam: Ashok Singhal Assam: Ashok Contd...Page6 Contd...Page6 02 Min- The Say CentreMayBeginDialogue Majendra Narzary andLehoRamBoroMajendra Narzary across thestate. ing ofvehiclesisinforce odd-even tricts aresuspended.The people toandfromotherdis- vices andmovementof inter-district transportser- at 12noononalldays.All establishments closedown All shopsandcommercial on movementofindividuals. pm to5amwithatotalban curfew wasimposedfrom1 COVID-19 tillJune15.The posed duetothesurgeof the partiallockdownim- government hadextended tions would pectation thatthestateelec- territories.There wasanex- cated itintotwoUnion Kashmir grantedandbifur- tional statusofJammuand ended thespecialconstitu- August 2019,theCentre political processsince.In 2018. Therehasbeenno Mehbooba MuftiinJune BJP endeditsalliancewith President's Ruleafterthe Kashmir wasplacedunder tation process.Jammuand said itmightjointhedelimi- National Conferencehas give theauthorityto We urge theapexcourtto 10 percentinotherdistricts. the borderingdistrictsand re-verification oftheNRCin there shouldbe20percent Court andtheCentrethat said."We urge theSupreme verification process,he to spendmoneyforNRCre- Assam governmentisready have beenleftout.The genuine Indiancitizens included intheNRClistand Bangladeshis" havebeen number of"illegal TV, Dassclaimedalarge interview withIndia Today tion theNRC.Inanexclusive preme Courtforre-verifica- 2019, andurgedtheSu- was publishedin August of Citizens(NRC),which from theNationalRegister sion ofanyIndiancitizen ment won'taccepttheexclu- has saidthestategovern- Guwahati, June13: by Non-BankingFinance banks, followedby22cent 12,500 crorewaslentby standing amountofRs 53 percentofthetotalout- from 40lenders.Moreover, counts havetakenloans having 45lakhbankac- hats on'inopeningSwitzerlanddraw Robert Pagehappyfor Wales to'puttin No Indianshouldbeexcludedfrom MNA MONDAY

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cmyk cmyk cmyk 2 MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL Sold! Bidder pays $28m for spare seat on space flight with Jeff Bezos London, June 13 : Jeff Bezos's Blue traveling to space. On July Origin has sold the spare seat of the 20th, I will take that journey company's 20 July New Shepard space with my brother. The rocket blast-off for $28m, the company greatest adventure, with announced on Saturday.With 20 active my best friend."The trip bidders starting at $4.8m during the 10- comes amid increasing minute auction, bids escalated in the competition between the final three minutes of the sale. Initially, some of the world's some 7,600 people registered to bid from wealthiest men.Blue Origin 159 countries, the company said. The is vying with Elon Musk's winner, whose identity has not been Space Exploration announced, will join the Amazon Technologies and Richard founder Bezos and his brother Mark Branson-backed Virgin Galactic be between 5ft and 6ft 4in tall, weighing on the flight.The 11-minute, automated Holdings Inc to offer trips to space, with 110-223lb. They must also be able to flight - the company's 16th but first Branson's Virgin craft also expected to climb seven flights of stairs at the launch carrying humans - will lift off from Van launch passengers soon after from a tower in less than 90 seconds and sit Horn, Texas. 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How did a £120 painting become a £320m New Israeli coalition government seeks Leonardo … then vanish? London, June 13 : The National Gallery is facing controversy to put an end to the Netanyahu era over its role in the tangled story of how the world's most expensive painting emerged from obscurity before being Jerusalem, June 13 : Benjamin will lead an unlikely assortment hospitals, rather than risk an leading up to the vote, Netanyahu Bank.Meanwhile, Netanyahu's sold for a staggering £320m, only to vanish again from the Netanyahu is due to be ousted of eight parties, including the anti- internal fight by trying to address accused Bennett of betraying political demise will also see the public eye.The gallery exhibited the Salvator Mundi in its from office on Sunday by a new occupation and dovish Meretz the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. rightwing voters by joining a departure of Jewish ultra- Leonardo da Vinci exhibition a decade ago when it was an Israeli government formed with but also parties led by other However, Bennett will have coalition of what Netanyahu Orthodox politicians, who have unknown work with doubts about its attribution, restoration the primary aim of dethroning the hawkish figures on the right, such executive powers as prime describes as weak Jewish "leftists" become deeply entwined in the and ownership.The criticisms are voiced in a major film country's longest-serving as the Moldova-born settler minister to further solidify the and Arab politicians he paints as prime minister's political documentary that lifts the lid on some of the murkier dealings leader.A motley grouping of Avigdor Lieberman.Critically, the occupation.Crucially, agreements a potential fifth column.Speaking bloc.Coalition chief Lapid, and his of the art market. Professor Bernd Lindemann, the then politicians, including former coalition includes Arab Islamist suggested the new government to the local Channel 20 TV station foe turned ally Lieberman, are director of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, tells the film-makers: Netanyahu allies turned foes, members of parliament, who could advance legislation that last week, Netanyahu alleged: both staunch secularists. They "I was surprised to see the painting in the exhibition at the have set aside bitter differences joined for the shared aim of would limit any prime minister to "They are uprooting the good and have run election campaigns on National Gallery. It is a problematic painting, and I think it's to put an end to the prime dethroning "King Bibi", as eight years in office, potentially replacing it with the bad and reducing the power of ultra- not the role of serious museums to present a painting which minister's historic run in power. If Netanyahu is known. In doing so, putting paid to Netanyahu's plans dangerous." He added: "I fear for Orthodox factions, who have long is so heavily discussed."The Gemäldegalerie, which has one successful, it will also break a the United Arab List, which is for a future run for office.In power the destiny of the nation."His maintained expensive state of the world's most important collections of European political stalemate that has seen made up of Palestinian citizens of for a total of 15 years - from 1996 supporters have held angry rallies stipends that allow religious paintings, was among the owners of public and private four snap elections in the country outside the homes of lawmakers communities to study rather than collections contacted by the painting's former owners - a since 2019."The political joining the new government, and work.Netanyahu embodied consortium of dealers - who were struggling to find a establishment in Israel is several members of the incoming dishonest, divisive demagoguery. buyer.In the documentary, The Lost Leonardo, Lindemann embarking on a new path, after administration have been assigned If he's gone, good riddanceFacing recalls the approach, and that he was unimpressed that the two and a half years of bodyguards.Some Israelis have the prospect of losing office picture had been so extensively reworked by a restorer. "One irresponsibly drifting from one drawn comparisons to the anger along with their patron, ultra- day I got a telephone call. It was a dealer and he said he has election to the next, after 12 years that led to the insurrection at the Orthodox politicians have something which could be interesting for the Gemäldegalerie. in which one person drew all the US Capitol in January or, closer to launched tirade after tirade That was the painting. Most of the painting is a remake and political oxygen from the room," home, incitement before the against the new government, this was, for me, the argument to say, 'No, this is not a wrote Nahum Barnea, a columnist assassination of former Israeli warning that it threatens the painting for the Gemäldegalerie'."The National Gallery for the country's leading daily, leader Yitzhak Rabin by a far-right Jewish state."This leftwing unveiled the painting in its 2011 Leonardo exhibition. Yedioth Ahronoth, last nationalist in 1995.Netanyahu's government is going to visit a Although there is an unwritten rule that public galleries week.Opposition chief Yair Likud party sought to calm spiritual Holocaust on the Jewish should not display pictures that are available for sale, one Lapid's new government is set to mounting fears by stating on people, right here in the Land of of the former owners has insisted that it was not for sale be voted on in the Knesset on Twitter in English: "There is also Israel," United Torah Judaism when the show was announced. Hanging an unknown Sunday afternoon, where he Israel, will become the first party to 1999, and then since 2009 - no question about the peaceful lawmaker, Meir Porush, said last picture in such a prestigious institution would have done hopes to clinch victory with a from the country's sizeable Arab Netanyahu has been desperately transition of power."The new week.Another parliamentarian wonders for its market value.The painting's whereabouts razor-thin majority of 61 out of 120 minority ever to join a attempting to scupper the deal by coalition has been broadly from the same party, Moshe Gafni, cannot be traced earlier than 1900, when it was sold as the seats - barring any last-minute government.The party's leader, his opponents, which could supported within the Israeli press. focused his ire on Bennett, who, work of Leonardo's follower Bernardino Luini for £120. When surprises.Under a power-sharing Mansour Abbas, is seen as a threaten not only his political life "Never in the history of this while expected to become Israel's it was purchased in 2005 by dealers Alexander Parrish and agreement, Lapid will not be pragmatist and said he had but his freedom, too.The 71-year- country have rightists, leftists, first Orthodox prime minister, was Robert Simon for $1,175, it was seriously damaged and sworn in as prime minister secured guarantees from hard- old is fighting three corruption centrists and Arabs agreed to branded by Gafni as a traitor Dianne Modestini began work on a restoration programme immediately. Instead, far-right right coalition partners for greater cases on fraud, bribery and breach stake out common ground, focused on power.Gafni called that was so extensive that it lasted from 2005 to 2017.It went politician Naftali Bennett, whose rights for Palestinian citizens of of trust charges, which he denies. together in government, in the Bennett "wicked" and urged him on to sell at Christie's New York for a record-breaking $450m support was seen as vital to the Israel, including on discriminatory If he were to go into the cause of the greater Israeli good," to remove his kippah skullcap, (£320m) in 2017, only to disappear without trace. Doubts about coalition's success, will become housing policies, as well as several opposition, he might be denied wrote David Horovitz, editor of the which is seen as a sign of Jewish it only intensified, with the Louvre in Paris later downgrading Israel's leader for a two-year billions of pounds for parliamentary immunity. Times of Israel.Among devoutness."Israel has become it to the work of a lesser contemporary hand.The documentary, period, after which he will hand infrastructure in Arab areas.A Netanyahu's efforts to split the Palestinians, Netanyahu's debased," Gafni claimed. "We released in cinemas later this year, explores how the painting's over to Lapid for the second half coalition deal, finalised on Friday, fragile coalition are likely to departure has been welcomed. will shout to heaven and earth planned inclusion at the Paris Louvre's 2019 blockbuster of a four-year term.Bennett is a showed the new government continue even once it takes power But there is little optimism around over the behaviour of this man exhibition was cancelled. In an interview, Jacques Franck, a religious nationalist and strong would focus mostly on economic - a move that could lead to another a government led by Bennett, a who is supposedly a religious Leonardo expert, recalls writing to President Macron, warning advocate for the settler movement and social issues, such as passing snap election and potentially save former leader of a Jewish settler man but who was looking for this that the Louvre should not show it as a true Leonardo. in the Palestinian territories. He a state budget and building new his career.In a week of indignation group in the West all along." Opposition forces Orbán into U-turn Onlookers extinguish over Chinese campus plan in Budapest flames after man set alight Budapest, June 13 : Protests issue is about whether we will be a a Black Lives Matter sculpture, had students.Hungary will also be against the construction of a free nation," city mayor Gergely grabbed global attention for the fight expected to cover maintenance costs outside Perth church Chinese university in Budapest have Karácsony told the crowd, which was against the Fudan campus by and extremely generous academic London, June 13 : Perth detectives are John Ambulance for treatment of burns energised the Hungarian opposition thousands strong. Protesters carried renaming streets around the planned salaries, the report said, but the state investigating reports a man was set to his face, upper body and ahead of elections next year, and signs saying "Hungarian money for site to commemorate struggles for will not have a majority stake in the alight outside an inner city hands.According to 7NEWS, forced the government into a rare U- Hungarian universities" and "We will democracy and human rights inside trust operating and overseeing the church.Police say the 68-year-old emergency crews arrived at a soup turn.Outrage at plans to build a not be a colony".It was a show of China, including Dalai Lama Road campus.General elections due for next suffered significant burns after he was kitchen outside the church after the campus of Shanghai's Fudan strength that apparently alarmed the and Free Hong Kong Road.She spring are expected to be the first time approached by another man on man was doused in petrol and set government. dismissed the referendum promise as Orbán's ruling rightwing Fidesz party Beaufort Street in Highgate around alight.A witness in the kitchen at the Overnight a "cheap trick" that aimed to divert will face a real threat at the polls after 5pm on Saturday.Moments later he was time told the network bystanders were they pivoted attention from intensive planning and three successive landslide victories, on fire while the other man left the able to bundle the man into a shower position, to asset transfers expected before the because all the main opposition scene.Police say a number of people before ambulance officers got offer a poll, and vowed the campaign would parties formed a broad alliance to assisted the victim, pouring water over there.Detectives say they want to referendum continue."The people are oppose him.The coalition of unlikely him to extinguish the flames.He was speak to anyone who witnessed or has on the determined to stop the Fudan allies, from far-right Jobbik to rushed to Fiona Stanley hospital by St information regarding the incident. Chinese [campus]. They came out to protest Karácsony's Green "Dialogue for university, not because political parties called Hungary", are bound together by but said it them, but because this is a project their desire to unseat Orbán, who would be that doesn't serve the public interest has ruled and reshaped Hungary held only at all. There is nothing useful in it since 2010.It was a tactic that after the for them, but they have to pay its brought Budapest and other main University became a rallying cry for general elections."This is a novel costs."Opinion polls show most cities under opposition control in the opposition, drawing thousands situation. It's the first time that any residents of Budapest oppose the 2019, and they hope to repeat that to protest in defiance of government Chinese investment has become a plan, including many who support next year. Opinion polls now give regulationsProtests of more than 500 high-level political issue in Hungary," Orbán's Fidesz party, on the grounds the coalition a narrow lead over people are illegal, on Covid said Péter Krekó, analyst at thinktank that it will cost Hungarian taxpayers Fidesz, although the elections are prevention grounds, although huge Political Capital. "The government a great deal while offering little in still a long way off.The protests crowds can gather at football seemed to be pretty committed to go return.The site would be a first against the Fudan campus may help matches. So organisers planned along with this project, until it saw it European outpost for Fudan, with the unify the opposition and mobilise multiple small protests across could be an electoral issue."He said complex due for completion by 2024, and inspire their supporters, Budapest, which came together the government has a track record of under the deal signed with Hungarian particularly now they have won a outside parliament, in Kossuth pausing controversial ideas until they authorities.The estimated €1.5bn cost small victory.In a written answer Square.The project has allowed feel less politically vulnerable, in this of the project would largely be paid to questions, the Hungarian opponents of prime minister Viktor case after the election. "It's pretty sure for by Hungary, via a huge loan from government said that the Fudan Orbán to turn the nationalist rhetoric that if they are re-elected they will re- China, leaked internal documents campus would not displace the he has deployed so successfully in implement it," he said.District mayor obtained by local outlet Direkt36 planned "student city" and recent decades against his own Krisztina Baranyi, who last year revealed. It will be built on a site described the opposition tactics Artists perform during an event on the occasion of the China's Cultural and government."The Fudan University enraged conservatives by installing earmarked to house low-income as "infantile". Natural Heritage Day in Lhasa STATE MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 3 117 fresh COVID cases CM visits the family of late academician detected at Nagaon NAGAON, June 13: 117 fresh COVID cases were de- sualties have been reported till Sampurnananda Talukdar at Pathsala tected on Sunday here at Nagaon, taking the total cumu- filing of this report, sources Guwahati, June 13 : Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa lative active COVID cases in the district to 2862 while 365 said. Meanwhile, 'Kolongpar Sarma visited the family of late academician and noted people who were undergoing treatment in hospital as well Byabosai Sanstha' in associa- social worker Sampurnananda Talukdar at the latter's resi- as at homes after being affected by the virus, were recov- tion with District Health De- dence at Pathsala in Bajali district today. The Chief Min- ered from the infection of the virus today, sources added. partment under special su- ister while offering floral tribute at the portrait of the late Sources claimed that among those who tested positive pervision of BJP's senior academician during his visit also interacted with the fam- today, 53 were immediately admitted to hospital as well leader, Jugal Sarma today or- ily members and conveyed his deep sympathy to them. as other COVID Care Centres set up at various places in ganized a massive vaccina- P&RD Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass, BTC Chief Pramod the district, while the rest were put under home isola- tion programme at hotel star Boro and Bhabanipur MLA Phani Talukdar were also tion. Rapid Antigen Test was conducted on 5782 people at Maruwaripatty where the present during the visit of the Chief Minister. Later talk- today while RT-PCR test was conducted on 23 swab Sanstha smoothly vacci- ing to media persons, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma said that samples, sources further added. However, no COVID ca- nated more than 300 busi- late Sampurnananda Talukdar was a renowned academi- nessmen as well as their em- cian and dedicated social worker who made significant Massive Scocial Service ployees of Nagaon stadium contributions to the socio-academic life of Bajali. He was market, Nagaon mission mar- an important leader of the Assam movement and was held, Temporary Post ket and other commercial es- always committed to the cause of public welfare. Chief Mortem Shed Constructed tablishments at Minister Sarma also said that late Talukdar played a key Maruwaripatty area in the role in the creation of Bajali district and setting up of at CHC Mechuka town, a release added. Bhattadev University. Aalo 13 June : A massive Social Service which was over due due to Covid-19 situation was conducted by the District Medical Officer and her team at community Health Statement of APCC President Sri Ripun Bora on Centre Mechuka on on 11th June last. On the occasiona temporaryshed for Post Mortem Shed was also con- structed on Self Help basis. The Medical fraternity has micro-finance loan waive U-Turn of BJP Government also extended its thank to the Superintendent of Police Guwahati, June 13 : APCC Presi- financing institutions that have above Rs 1 lakh will not be able to this condition. The condition also RBI guidelines are actually exist- for providing cements and CGI sheets from his side. The dent and Rajya MP Sri Ripun Bora violated RBI regulations should be avail loan waive. Thus those fami- extends to those families who ing? And if such institutions are Health department has been doing wide range of activi- reacted sharply to the U-turn of implemented but the then Finance lies whose monthly family income have four wheelers and apprehen- actually flourishing under the very ties in this border district from time to time motive each the BJP Government poll promise Minister Sri Himanta Biswa Sarma is ( 100,000÷12= 8333.34) Rs 8,333 sion is rife among people now that nose of the Government what was other and other stakeholderts with the limitatations they to waive the micro-finance loan of did not pay heed to this grave only , they will be able to avail of perhaps those who have refrigera- the BJP Government doing all have as the new district of the state. women debtors in Assam. Earlier problem at that time. It is only af- this loan waive facility. But today tors may also not get the loan these years? Do they know what Kickboxing in Olympic Agenda the BJP had made a U- Turn on ter a lot of pressure from opposi- even if we calculate Rs 300/- as waiver ! But many people buy rate of interest the financial insti- Guwahati, June 13 : The WAKO (World Association the increase of daily wage of the tion that a resolution to this effect daily wage of a tea garden worker four wheelers to make ends meet tutions were charging? By allow- of Kickboxing Organizations) Kickboxing has been ac- tea garden workers and now they was passed in the Assembly in then excepting the women tea gar- and many buy refrigerators for ing these financial institutions to cepted as full sport by the Executive Board Meeting of are doing the same with the 2020. Now the Committee that has den workers none other women shops by taking loans. Some even illegally make profit by flouting International Olympic Committee (IOC) held on 10th women of Assam who had voted been formed under Minister Ashok will be able to get the loan waive. use micro-finance to pay off EMI's RBI guidelines what did the Gov- June 2021 in Switzerland. It indicates a likelihood of for the BJP in the hope that good Singhal to look into the modali- If the women tea garden workers as stop gap arrangements. Will ernment gain? Has it been re- WAKO Kickboxing finding a place in the Olympic days will come as the then Finance ties for loan waiver has put for- free essential commodities is such families not be included? flected upon? The total micro-fi- Games. In a press release, the WAKO Kickboxing had Minister Sri Himanta Biswa Sarma ward various conditions which added to their daily wage , then Now there is another condition nance outstanding loan is Rs12000 already found a place as an official sport awarding had himself made the promise would not benefit the women debt- they will also be denied the loan that Government will only waive crore and a Government that has medals and certificates from 2nd Asian Indoor and through various platforms during ors at all as expected. The Gov- waive with this cap of the Gov- loans of those micro-financing in- been floundering on economic Martial Arts Games of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) the election. In the year 2019 when ernment has made it mandatory ernment. This means a lot many stitutions that have followed RBI front both at the Centre and State after demonstration event in Macau, China in 2007. On Congress party had voiced its that those women whose family women who had got trapped in the guidelines. Now the question made those promises of loan the otherhand Asian Kickboxing Confederation (in demand in the Assembly that a monthly income is less than Rs 1 micro-finance scam would not be arises how many such micro-fi- waiver just to get votes from the short WAKO Asia) is the only body which is recog- law to regulate the various micro- lakh will be waived and those able to get out of it because of nancing institutions that follow women of Assam. And the people nized by OCA, informed Dinesh Gogoi, President, Cen- tral Committee, of Assam Kickboxing Association Truck with IMFL liquor from (AKA) in a release, founder general secretary of AKA Indian Poet called on 7th India Arunachal seized in Nalbari Biswajit Kakoti introduced this sport before 19 years back with rules and regulations of WAKO Kickboxing Guwahati, June 13: A truck loaded with several cartons of in an entire state of Assam. Day Festival in Moscow IMFL liquor from Arunachal Pradesh was intercepted in Nalbari on Sunday. The container truck bearing registra- Golaghat Girl Guwahati, June 13 : Eminent poet and Regional Director for North East tion No.UP77 AN 4146 carrying 400 cartons of liquor worth India of Ministry of Tourism, Gov- ernment of India, Shri Sankha Rs.12 lakh of market value in Assam was intercepted by Chayanika Sabhapandit Subhra Devbarman has been invited as the Chief Guest in the 7th personnel from Assam Excise Intelligence Bureau at Ganesh India Day Festival in Moscow, Rus- sia which is scheduled to be Mandir Chowk at around 5 pm. Subhash Baishya, IE, will Get Financial Aid held from the 12th to 15th Au- gust,2021. Like previous years Manas Pratim Sarma, IE, Chakradhar Kalita, AIE and this year also the programme will be organised by the Indian Bhaskar Deka, EC along with Nalbari Excise personnel in- from Chief Minister National Cultural Centre ''SITA''. It is to be mentioned here that tercepted the truck. The IMFL liquor (labelled as for sale Golaghat, Jun 13: On June 7 Edition of ' 'The Assam India Day is the celebration of Indian Independence Day and in Arunachal Pradesh) was meant to be sold in Assam. A Rising ' a special story of Chayanika Sabhapandit, a is one of the largest festivals in Moscow. In 2019, over 1.5 mil- case has been filed against the truck driver and his accom- bright student and professional singer from Golaghat lion people attended this festival which promotes and engages plice under the Excise Act. was published . Chayanika Sabhapandit has started to the Indian culture and heritage with the local Russians, foreigners sell vegetables in front of her house as her family's and Indians in Russia. Every year SITA thus invites eminent A Happy Family's financial situation is not well. Being a Masters student person in India as Chief Guest for this festival. This year (2021) at Cotton State University in Guwahati and a singer Sankha Subhra Devbarman has been invited as Chief Guest. Tragic End due to Covid Chayanika Sabhapandit has set an example for the Although Shri Devbarman is bit unsure for attending the fes- youth by engaging as vegetable vendor. Now receiv- tival due to on going global pandemic as there are still Golaghat, Jun 13: Once dia. He originally hailed ing this news state Chief Minister has decided to give some strict conditions laid by Government on international happy family with a father, from Golaghat but later her an amount of fifty thousand rupees from Chief movement, he expresses his hap- piness and gratefulness to a mother, a son, a daughter settled in Guwahati. He was Minister's Relief Fund. Local MLA and state finance the organiser for inviting him as Chief Guest in this prestigious in law and a grandchild . But living with his wife Leena minister Ajanta Neog will visit Chayanika Sabhapandit's international festival which he con- siders as rare honour and since last month till today Sharma, son Partha Sharma home and will give the financial aid. recognition in an acclaimed inter- national forum. the family has been badly , daughter in law and a hit by the Covid pandemic grandchild in Guwahati. MLA of Bokakhat and state Drive against illegal 63 cases, one more and now the family is in a Sailendra Sharma and his Cabinet Minister for Agricul- pathetic condition. Today wife Leena Sharma were ad- cutting of trees continues die in Lakhimpur the head of the family, se- mitted at MMC Hospital in ture and Animal Husbandry Guwahati, June 13 : Range seized the North Lakhimpur, died of Covid-19 in the nior citizen Sailendra Nath Guwahati while their son In the continued drive vehicle loaded with sal June 13: One person died district today is Rejina Sharma passed away in his Partha was admitted at Atul Bora today attended a against illegal cutting of logs. In another of Covid-19 and 63 new Begum (65) of own brother's Nursing Apollo Hospitals Guwahati meeting at Bokakhat trees, a vehicle loaded incident, a magic cases were detected in Dhakuwakhaniya village Home in Golaghat. As per last month after they were with sal logs was carrier bearing regis- Lakhimpur district on under Panigaon Police the report, Sailendra Nath tested Covid positive. On Bokakhat, June 13 : The meeting was held at Station. She died in Sharma ( Putul) aged 75 May 17 Sailendra Sharma's Bokakhat Bidhan Parishad office of the AGP in detected and seized at tration No AS 10C Sunday.The total active Khilamara area in 6510 loaded with teak cases have increased to Lakhimpur Medical Col- years was a retired official wife Leena Sharma suc- Bokakhat. Minister Atul Bora interacted with the lege Covid Care Center. of Food Corporation of In- cumbed to Covid. After party activists and appealed all the members of Rongjuli Range under sawn timbers was 4736, though 109 pa- Goalpara Forest Divi- detected at Salgoi by tients were discharged that son Partha became Asom Gana Parishad and its sister organizations to negative but he also died on work together to make the Bokakhat LAC as one of sion during wee hours the forest personnel of today. With this, the cu- May 26. Thereafter seeing the leading and developed constituencies in the on Sunday. Forest Duhalia Range headed mulative positive cases Dreaded dacoit no improvement in the con- state. Today in the meeting many youths formally personnel of Dhupdhara by Incharge of have increased to 139255 dition of Sailendra Sharma joined the AGP in presence of Atul Bora. Bora also Beat of Rongjuli Range Duhalia Range under so far and 3549 patients held with 9mm thanked the people of Bokakhat for showing their as per direction of Karimganj Forest have been discharged his younger brother Mridul love, care and support in the assembly elections Forest Range Officer, Division at around 4 from April 1 in the district. Sharma brought him to and electing him as their MLA for the second term. Salim Ahmed, Rongjuli am on Sunday. The deceased person Golaghat and admitted elder pistol at Nagaon brother in his nursing home NAGAON, June 13: Nagaon police led by DSP (District Lifeline Hospital. But today Special Branch) arrested one dreaded dacoit from in the morning Sailendra MLA, Sipajhar along with the officers Shilangani Amtola, on the outskirts of the town today. Nath Sharma also passed Police also seized 9mm pistol and other ammunitions from away. Now in the family of of Lok Nirman Dept visit Dhalpur his possession on spot, sources added. According to Sailendra Sharma only his sources, the arrested dacoit has been identified as daughter in law and ten 180 bigha land of the temple, construction of modern Kuddush Ali. He was involved in various cases of rob- years old grandchild left. guest house and also one heliped at Dhalpur. Jyotish bery in the district for over years and was arrested earlier People have deeply Sarma, Officer on Special Duty of the Lok Nirman De- in 2020. But being released on bail from jail, he again took mourned the unexpected partment (Building) who was entrusted the special re- the same profession, sources further added. demise of these three per- sponsibility by the Chief Minister of Assam for the en- sons from the same family . tire scheme was lead the field study team. The other officers includes Monoj Bhattacharya, Sub Divisional Scribe donates to CM fund Officer, Lok Nirman Department, Junior Engineer, Rajib Biswanath Chariali, June Sarma, Nishan Das, Architect, Bhaben Barman, Execu- 13: Like other organizations tive Engineer, Darrang Zila Parishad. The team while vis- and individuals, senior ited the area also discussed with members of the Dhalpur scribe of Biswanath Temple Management Committee on this regard. The pub- Chariali Ratan Bhuyan had lic of the entire Sipajhar area have expressed their satis- handed over a cheque of faction on the measures taken by the Government and rupees two thousand to keep hope that with the proper implementation of the CM's relief fund to combat SIPAJHAR. June 13 : Keeping the ob- Rajbansi along with the high level offic- scheme the entire Dhalpur riverine area would be a place Covid 19 through jective following the announcement of ers of Lok Nirman Department of Govern- of tourist, nature lovers and spiritual attraction. It may Biswanath MLA Pramod Chief Minister of Assam, Dr Himanta ment of Assam has visited the Dhalpur as be mentioned here that recently a team of agricultural Borthakur on Sunday. The Bishwa Sharma to turn historic Dhalpur part of the preliminary field study of the scientists also visited the area to study about the both event was also attended by area into a place of tourist attraction the construction of the Manikut of the temple, agriculture and animal husbandry prospects in the 77 Niranjan Hazarika, Jattar MLA, Sipajhar LAC, Dr Paramananda boundary wall of the covering the entire thousand bigha land of Dhalpur area. Singh along with others. 4 MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 EDITORIAL THE ASSAM RISING VOL. NO. VI, ISSUE NO. 119 MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 India can become a leader in sustainable Millions of Peruvians joined together to deliver a telling blow aviation fuel - with feedstock and solar power he Covid-19 pandemic has bal leader in low-carbon aviation fuel, Peru's presidential election has been settled by the slim- brought global systemic chal India must develop a robust roadmap to mest of margins, but it signals a momentous change. When lenges like climate change to the examine low-carbon solutions for all the votes from the second-round run-off on Sunday 6 T forefront. If not tackled in a timely man- aviation.The aviation sector is among June were finally counted, the socialist Pedro Castillo, former ner, it will be the cause of greater disrup- the most organised sectors globally, head of the main teacher's union, held a razor-thin lead of tions than we have witnessed from the with strong public-private cooperation. about 60,000 votes - 0.34% - over Keiko Fujimori, candi- pandemic. Nation-states need to build Developing countries such as India are date of the right and daughter of former Peruvian president resilience and continue raising aware- expected to gain immensely from strate- Alberto Fujimori. She has now launched accusations of ness towards sustainable living to pro- gically deploying sustainable aviation fraud, demanding that as many as 200,000 votes be nulli- tect our ecosystems and our fuel early on.However, if India doesn't fied. It may take several days for her legal challenges to be economies.The humbling situation in take the first-mover advantage in the heard, and she is clearly still hoping to overturn the result - India due to the pandemic has rein- utilisation of SAF, India's growing do- though the prospect is unlikely. The fact remains that mil- forced the need to critically examine the mestic aviation volume inevitably will lions of Peruvians joined together to deliver a telling blow to relationship between resilience and sus- diminish compliance with its climate the political and economic model that has dominated the tainable development in particular in the change commitments. Support from the country for the past three decades.The electoral drama in country's megacities. India's transition government by way of aviation-related Peru was in that sense a generational reckoning, compa- towards clean, affordable and renewable and climate-conscious policies and in- rable to the recent upheavals in Chile and Colombia. But it energy can better prepare the country centives would accelerate efforts to was also the product of the specific political crises Peru to resist global shocks.But the fifth-larg- make India net-zero in aviation by has endured in recent years. Since 2018, the country has est economy in the world has a far way ! Sonum Gayatri Malhotra 2050.The Indian National Policy of had two presidents impeached and removed on charges of to go. It relies on extensive energy con- Biofuels has been very clear in support- corruption and one hounded from office by a surge of pro- sumption, which stands at 910 MToe - ing feedstocks that do not conflict with contribute substantially to solving cli- That will accelerate significant macro- tests. The sleaze and dysfunction of the established parties which in turn, translates to roughly a food supply, ensuring land use concerns rise of 20% every five years since 1990. mate change. SAF can be 100% less economic opportunity throughout the are accounted for. Fostering a SAF in- was one of the factors that enabled Castillo's shock break- According to the International Energy carbon-intensive over its life cycle value chain, unlock market forces and dustry would not only reduce emissions through in the first round of voting in April.Until then he Agency, India will experience the larg- compared to conventional fuels. The drive green innovation.As a starting in aviation, but it would also combat air was known mainly for leading a protracted teacher's strike est increase in energy demand through "Deploying Sustainable Aviation Fuels point of 10% SAF blend, India can pollution from crop burning, create nu- in 2017, and his party, the avowedly Marxist-Leninist Perú 2040 of any country in the world. More- at Scale in India" Report is a Clean Skies achieve cleaner skies with less-open air merous green jobs, improve farmers' in- Libre, had no seats in Congress. With only 19% of the vote, over, according to an air quality report for Tomorrow Publication, a result of crop burning, create 120,000 new jobs comes and help solve waste manage- he finished first in a crowded field of 18 candidates. Com- by IQAir, 22 of the world's 30 most pol- The World Economic Forum driving a and catalyse efficient waste manage- ment issues.Turning waste into fuel is bining redistributive economic policies with socially con- luted cities are in India. While India has coalition of private and public ment systems that will have significant critical to combatting climate change. In servative views, for instance on same-sex marriage, Castillo succeeded in reducing its emissions to organisations in India that have con- societal benefits. It would also repre- each case, a critical life cycle analysis looks, dresses and talks like the population of Peru's long- GDP growth ratio, it has not yet achieved tributed analysis on technology path- sent a leap towards self-reliance that (LCA) of feedstock and production path- marginalised interior provinces. Fujimori, by contrast, is a full decoupling, thus India needs to ways and feedstocks availability and would add $2.7-2.8 billion to India's ways should be undertaken. Technolo- the arch-insider, having been one of the most powerful play- significantly accelerate its progress to sustainability for the ramp up of SAF GDP by 2030.The aviation industry has gies should be evaluated both on LCA ers in Peruvian politics for more than a decade. She has run date in delinking economic growth and production in India.The report demon- been hit hard by COVID-19, but the and economic logic to ensure as level a unsuccessfully for president twice before, in 2011 and 2016, environmental degradation.The good strates that SAF is the most achievable sector has started to recover - at least playing field as possible, including fac- and heads the Fuerza Popular party, which held the major- news is that today, technology exists to and effective pathway to reducing domestically. In the coming years, tors such as land-use change and ity in Congress from 2016 to 2020. The 13% she scored in convert garbage, used cooking oil or aviation's lifecycle emissions in the im- India's aviation sector is expected to biodiversity implications.This will avoid April, though a remarkable drop from the 40% she secured agriculture residues into valuable inputs mediate future. It also proposes key grow in double digits, and pandemic the recurrence of legacy issues such as in the first round in 2016, was still enough for her to scrape that can be used, for instance, to make methods, cost-sharing models, and aside is still likely to expand to become those seen in the early, unsustainable through to the run-off.The second-round campaign at once Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for air- economic and environmental benefits the third-largest air passenger market overproduction of palm oil for biofuels, dramatised and deepened Peru's stark socioeconomic, po- planes the world over. Aviation emis- for accelerating the SAF industry in by 2030. Given the expected growth in or of widespread Jatropha planting even litical and cultural divides. First, it drew attention to the sions and waste are two major issues India, and shows how advancing this domestic travel, decarbonising the avia- in agro-climatic zones that were not ap- industry would have compound effects tion sector is essential for India to re- gulf separating the more prosperous coast from poorer high- that will need to be resolved in the com- propriate for this tree species. Instead, ing years, and SAF presents an oppor- in the management of waste and pre- main committed to its Nationally Deter- native oil-bearing trees and locally land regions, which have a larger indigenous population. vention of crop burning from farmlands, mined Contributions (NDC).The 2015 Castillo, who is from the northern mining region of tunity to address them both.SAF is a adapted short gestation crops can be cleaner fuel produced from sustainable the latter of which has become a huge Paris Agreement excluded the interna- encouraged to strengthen and diversify Cajamarca, drew his support overwhelmingly from the high- feedstocks derived from various types contributor to the pollution levels in tional aviation sector due to difficul- supply chains in a sustainable lands, which saw few of the benefits of the boom years of of waste, by-products of agriculture, or Indian cities that are far beyond safe ties of attributing emissions from com- manner.The transition from our reliance the 2000s and early 2010s. The Lima-based elite's attitude power-to-liquid using hydrogen tech- limits.First, infrastructure must be cre- plex international supply chains to in- on fossil fuels will not be easy - with de- to such disparities is perhaps best captured by a phrase nology. From a similar molecular struc- ated to produce fuel from the raw mate- dividual countries. As a result, the In- cisions and compromises that will chal- Fujimori let slip during a presidential debate held in rural ture and chemical properties to tradi- rials of garbage, used cooking oil or ag- ternational Civil Aviation Organization lenge the path in the beginning like Cajamarca in early May, when she complained of having tional fossil jet fuel, SAF has the added riculture residues. Secondly, a supply member states designed the Carbon Off- many transitions made before this one. "had to come all the way here". (She said afterwards this advantage of being able to be dropped chain must be put in place to purchase setting and Reduction Scheme for Inter- But commitment to net-zero transition was a reference to the difficulty of the journey.)A second into existing aircraft systems without residue from farmlands and household national Aviation (CORSIA) with an ini- campaigns is growing globally, and com- crucial fault-line separated Keiko Fujimori's supporters from any technical change or investments. waste to provide fodder to various fa- tial target of achieving carbon-neutral panies are making bold commitments to those determined to reject the authoritarian legacy of her In fact, all aircraft today can handle the cilities to produce fuel.This will benefit growth for the sector from 2020. While climate action. It is essential therefor for family's dynasty. Alberto Fujimori, in power from 1990 to current maximum certified blend of 50% the management of household waste over 88 states have agreed to pilot the governments and policymakers to har- 2000 and currently serving a 25-year sentence for corrup- SAF - and more than 330 000 flights and promote recycling - as well as gen- CORSIA scheme from 2021 - 2023, India ness this private sector momentum and tion, claims credit for defeating the Maoist Shining Path around the world have been powered erate 120 000 jobs and enhance is currently working with its own na- put us on a pathway to achieve emis- insurgency and imposing macroeconomic discipline on the by it.SAF is for now two to five times grassroots prosperity. In fact, the re- tional targets for the aviation sector to sions reductions across the supply country. However, these measures were implemented more expensive than fossil fuel, but search demonstrates a 10% blend of remain compliant with its NDCs and chain - bringing fuel suppliers, airlines, through harsh anti-democratic means: in 1992, Fujimori sus- costs will come down with volume, and SAF on all domestic flights would re- move towards carbon-neutral flying.To airports and distributors along- to make pended the constitution, and the following year wrote a new the transition to cleaner fuels would quire almost 360,000 tonnes of SAF. achieve its target and become the glo- aviation sustainable. one granting himself even greater powers. His decade in office was marked by abuses that scar the country to this day, including extrajudicial killings, the forced sterilisation Second wave has abated and I have lost my of as many as 270,000 women and colossal corruption.Widespread rejection of this legacy proved enough to block Keiko Fujimori's path to the presidency in wife. It is time I thanked these strangers 2011 and 2016. But in 2021, faced with a candidate from the radical left, she was able to mount a scaremongering he second wave of the and desperate, I turned towards black campaign. In Peru, leftist candidates and parties are rou- coronavirus pandemic is now marketeers but as luck would have it, no tinely denounced as "terrorists", tarred by association (how- T ebbing but the loss of April and 'help' came from them either. As a last-ditch ever fictional) with the Shining Path, or with Cuba or Ven- May is irreparable. My wife had tested effort, I turned to social media. To my sur- ezuela. Fujimori conjured these spectres to bring liberals, positive for Covid-19 on 10 April 2021, prise, there were enough commoners who centrists and the centre-right into the fold. ("Do you want hospitalised on 15 April, and was put on came forward to help. In fact, I was able to ventilator support on 27 April, on which arrange four vials of the drug from differ- to live in Cuba?" asked a billboard in Lima before the 6 June she remained till her last breath on 24 ent people and they refused to take a single vote.) Many prominent figures who had previously opposed May. During this distressing phase, there penny.On 30 April, I was asked to arrange her - including Nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, who was helplessness in all corners. As is the for plasma and yet again it was a com- had run for president against Fujimori's father in 1990 - case of many citizens who lost their loved moner who came to our family's rescue joined the chorus against Castillo, as did most of the Peru- ones. Pain amplifies to see your loved and donated. The experience was the same vian media.Trailing by several points in early May, Fujimori ones dying alone, with no one around to while arranging other medicines such as steadily closed the gap. But not quite enough. While she did hold their hand during their final mo- moi-stir, posaconazole injection, among well along the coast, Castillo piled up huge margins in the ments, reduced to a vegetative state, they others. All this support came from people highlands. This included astonishing victories in the regions never got a chance to share their last whom I had never met and do not expect to most deeply affected by the armed conflict of the 1980s wish. No one can ascertain if death came meet in future. They came forward without and 1990s: he won 83% of the vote in Ayacucho and 89% as a relief from the suffering or as a final even an iota of her the job but gave beds to people who could afford it in Puno, for instance.The suffering and economic disloca- punch of pain. During these difficult self-interest. ! Sanjeev Choudhary she chose her and pay upfront. Hospital staff had their tion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was a third crucial times, our faith in humanity never failed, This proves patient over the own reasons but it is impossible to ne- factor in the election, turning longstanding structural in- thanks to many strangers who helped like that there are good people around and these protocol. That phone call was the last time gate the fact that getting upfront pay- equalities into immediate matters of life and death. By May if they were god-sent angels.The trauma angels surface as and when you need their I spoke with my wife as at around 08:45am ment regularly improves the cash flow of 2021, Covid-19 had taken an estimated 180,000 lives in faced will never allow many of us to be support desperately. God bless the same day, she was put on ventilator any business and hospitals are no ex- Peru, giving the country the highest per-capita fatality rate the same again. While my wife was grap- them.Despite the pressure, doctors, support to never recover. Such medical staff ception. The upfront payments left af- in the world. Not surprisingly, Castillo's election platform pling with the virus, I, to whom she had nurses, and the cleaning staff did a stellar make the hospital journey less painful. I fected families from poor and middle- begins by declaring health a basic right and denouncing the devoted her life found myself incapaci- job. I could see a sense of frustration build- thank all these warriors from the bottom of class drained of their savings even from neoliberal model's abject failure to provide for Peru's citi- tated. All I could do was to see her die bit ing up in them because of the lack of medi- my heart.On 27 April, I reached the hospital the people who had the forethought of by bit. The so-called effort made to ar- cines, oxygen, rest and dealing with at 07:15am but was not allowed to meet her taking insurance. In cases such as mine, zens. It also contains ambitious plans to hold a referendum range money, medicines and praying patient's relatives. They were fighting a as the protocol mandated, thus denying where we lost our loved ones, it was a on drafting a new constitution, to nationalise key natural rather than begging the almighty to spare two-front war, one with the virus and the me the opportunity to talk to her in person double whammy.We elect governments resources, and to overhaul the agricultural sector, favouring her life in the end proved futile.On 20 April, other with anxiety and fatigue, with their for the last time. The pain of it will remain to ensure that they take care of the coun- peasant smallholders over giant agro-exporters.Yet as the doctors asked us to arrange for remdesivir. hands tied behind. Their contribution is with me for rest of my life.On 24 May, when try and the citizens. People in power closeness of the contest suggests, Castillo faces formi- I called up all chemists, hospitals, drug second to none.On 19 April, my wife's oxy- she died, I was in the ICU near her lifeless must manage both governance and poli- dable obstacles to implementing any of his agenda. It distributors of various companies, chief gen saturation level dropped to 59 [the body and could hear two nurses giggling. tics judiciously. During the first wave, will no doubt encounter stiff opposition from entrenched medical officer, DM's office among oth- normal level is supposed to be 95+]. She It was excruciating but I remained silent. an absolute lockdown brought major dif- elite interests and coastal middle classes hostile to the ers, but all in vain. After much struggle, I was sinking and nothing seemed to im- Later, I realised that the hospital staff was ficulties for the middle and poor class. left. Then there is the highly fragmented composition of was told that the medicine was available prove her state. A young doctor struggled witnessing death on a daily basis and still Later, it became evident that the the Congress, in which Castillo's party holds only 37 of in Delhi but to my horror multiple chem- for nearly three hours to get her saturation had to keep their motivation up to deal lockdown was not a well-thought-out 130 seats. The riven geography of the vote also points to ists refused as my wife was admitted in to 88. I was later told that this doctor had with the next patient. The high frequency exercise. However, many of us stood by a profound political polarisation that will make coherent Noida and their orders were to give medi- come back from rest only because the pa- of casualties had made some of them build the government as the intent and mes- policymaking difficult.ut for all that, the outcome of the cine only to Delhiites. A couple of days tient needed undivided attention, which the a wall around them to cope with the saging was right.Just before the second election in itself offers some cause for optimism. After later, a similar story played out in Noida doctor on duty could not have provided. situation.Market forces are cruel and the wave hit India, the West was taking ev- several years in which the right seized hold of the agenda where a dealer refused to give remdesivir In another kind gesture, an ICU staff got business of healthcare is part of it. Profit- ery step possible to ramp up vaccine in Latin America, Castillo's win will raise the hopes of to a patient admitted in Delhi because of juice for her, paying from his own pocket. making continued in the pandemic. production whereas our leaders lectured the region's left. For Peru, it holds out at least the possi- the 'DM's order'. It is difficult to explain Then there was the nurse who called me at When the demand got higher than sup- the world on India's victory over the bility of a future beyond the demoralising corruption and the mental state, trauma and pain when 06:45am on 27 April for me to speak to my ply, various private hospitals, like any pandemic. Every minister and govern- you are denied a lifesaving drug because wife as her condition deteriorated. This de- life-threatening disparities of the neoliberal model. other business entity, took it as an op- ment institution hailed Prime Minister of such unbelievable orders.Frustrated viation from standard practice could've cost portunity. In quite a few cases, hospitals Narendra Modi for his leadership. BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 5 Covid Disruption: PC From automation to gamification, why mobile shipments under cloud as advertising is here for a dynamic future Mumbai, June 13 : Media company ing at mobile marketing as the pri- such as browsing habits, purchase gaming fans online. So, when your economic activity down dentsu's 2021 forecast on Global Ad mary driving factor.Interestingly, preferences etc, mobile marketing mobile advertising strategy adopts Spend predicted major growth for mobile ad spends globally is esti- automation platforms go a step features of gamification, it is bound OEMs prioritising mobile ad spending across the mated to have overtaken desktop ahead and enable marketers to auto- to attract more eyeballs and clicks fast-moving markets, world with the Indian market esti- adspends for the first time as late as mate communication with consum- as compared to traditional ads. such as the US and mated to have almost doubled its in 2018. As mobile marketing contin- ers. So, once aligned with your re- Gamification is essentially a strat- Western Europe, and mobile ad spend between 2019 and ues to take centrestage in the strate- quirements, an automated mobile egy of incorporating features of diverting the bulk of 2020As brands compete to grab gies of digital marketers, mobile ad marketing platform will continue to game playing into advertising or their inventory to customer attention in an increas- spends are witnessing a continuing collect user information, complete its marketing content. For example, a these markets, has ingly crowded marketspace, the surge ever since. Media company identification and consumer seg- content promoting an educational further aggravated space of digital marketing is wit- dentsu's 2021 mentation tool may ask viewers to participate the situation. For nessing rapid evolution and path- forecast on and follow it in a quiz to grab their attention, im- most of this year and breaking shifts. Increasing penetra- Global Ad up with con- prove engagement and offer next, India will suffer tion of smartphones and mobile Spend pre- tinued notifi- rewards.This is a tacit strategy from supply issues," devices has entailed the need for dicted major cations, rather than an in-your-face ad cam- Aithal explained.On multi-pronged advertising strate- growth for emails, prod- paign to engage consumers with the brighter side, the gies that can attract consumers on mobile ad uct recom- your brand and increase brand re- surging demand for the go. The Covid 19 pandemic has spending mendations call and loyalty. As marketing strat- PCs led to the entry further accelerated the shift to- across the and in app egies evolve, gamification of mo- Mumbai, June 13 : "In addition, OEMs of new vendors such as Nokia and Vaio, wards digital advertising while world with the messages.As bile advertising is fast catching up prioritising fast-moving markets, such as who have launched new notebook models shrinking traditional ad spends on Indian market brands aim to as a phenomenon.While mobile the US and Western Europe, and diverting and plan to use their strong brand names TV and print media. Media invest- estimated to generate mo- websites and mobile apps have the bulk of their inventory to these mar- to tempt customers. The market also saw ment company Group M's recent have almost bile-specific many similarities, there are key dif- kets, has further aggravated the situation. an exceptional rise in gaming PC sub- report on adex projected a 23.2 per doubled its content and ferences that make in-app advertis- For most of this year and next, India will category.Shipments of 'gaming-capable' cent growth in adspends in 2021, mobile ad engagement ing more lucrative for brands. suffer from supply issues," Aithal machines grew almost 65% Y-o-Y as the with digital spend forecasted to spend be- strategies, Firstly, dramatic growth of mobile explained.Besides, Aithal noted that India pandemic gave rise to a need for new forms grow the most.The league, even tween 2019 mobile mar- apps means that an overwhelming could soon become a major manufactur- of entertainment, given movie theatres, though split into two parts this year, and 2020. keting auto- majority of people are spending ing hub for PCs, as the government has theme parks, pubs and restaurants were is still expected to draw advertiser With over 500 mation allows their time in-app while using mo- extended its production-linked incentive closed for much of the year, he interestBrands rethinking ad million Indi- them to bile devices. A mobile app trends (PLI) scheme for smartphone manufactur- noted.Besides, Aithal noted that India strategiesAdopting new strategies ans using optimise report by analytics platform Adjust ing to the PC industry.Even as the first could soon become a major manufactur- to reach out to the audience smartphones, consumer reported a rise in app installs by 31% wave of Covid infections propelled India's ing hub for PCs, as the government has through video content has been at an overwhelming majority of the campaigns, communicate in real time, yoy in the first quarter of 2021. So, personal computer (PC) market to achieve extended its production-linked incentive the top of every content creator's consumer is today making their pur- improve their ROI and ensure effec- the average daily time spent on record sales, the deadly second wave now (PLI) scheme for smartphone manufactur- priority list in recent years.How chasing decisions through mobile tive consumer engagement and apps is much more than the time threatens to disrupt the dream run. Market ing to the PC industry."Manufacturers are meta-tagging and machine learning devices. Mobile apps - from social retention.With banner and display spent on mobile websites. Sec- research firm Canalys fears that the do- expected to get incentives for laptops are helping shape the video media, to e-commerce to gaming - ads increasingly having lesser effect ondly, a number of features of mo- mestic industry could face severe supply manufactured and priced above Rs 30,000 industryThis ecosystem will grow remain the space where an over- on consumers and ad blocking be- bile apps makes in-app advertising constraints in the current calendar year as ($400) and tablets priced above Rs 15,000 exponentially in the time to come, whelming majority of the consumer coming a common phenomenon, more effective. An in-app environ- well as in 2022."Measuring true demand in ($200). Canalys expects most ODMs and we are already seeing this ecosys- time is spent. Evidently, marketers native advertising has emerged as a ment does not depend on cookies India is extremely difficult," Canalys re- OEMs to take advantage of this route, as tem grow from obscurity into deliv- are devising new creative and tech- more reliable and effective way of and is better at collecting user in- search analyst Ashweej Aithal pointed out, the long-term outlook for India is still ering performance driven campaigns nology-backed strategies to upend consumer outreach. Much like formation and data, enabling adver- adding the second wave has been ruth- strong. While the commercial sector re- for advertisers. This ecosystem de- their mobile advertising game. In app desktop native advertising, mobile tisers to generate more less, claiming many more lives and liveli- mains a key focus, PCs in education and livers both the reach and frequency advertising, customer engagement native advertising is also becom- personalised campaigns and hoods than the first wave.CAIT Secretary for consumers are future hotspots," he that the advertiser wants and also through gamification, creatives that ing a preferred choice for achieve better consumer targeting. General Praveen Khandelwal said traders added.During Q1 2021, India's PC ship- ensures transparent customer seamlessly fit into publisher content marketers.Native advertising helps The ability to track location across the country will observe June 14- ments, including tablets, grew 72% Y-o-Y engagement.Within the digital mar- and increased use of automation are create a communication campaign through apps further adds to the 21 as 'E-Commerce Purification Week'.CAIT to reach 4 million units, comprising 517,000 keting space, it is mobile advertis- key trends driving mobile advertis- that blends seamlessly into the accuracy of marketing strategy. urges Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to desktops, 2.5 million notebooks, 930,000 ing that is increasingly garnering a ing into the future.Mobile marketing publisher's content. The in-feed and This tracking accuracy also allows direct CCI to initiate probe against Ama- tablets and 43,000 workstations. Almost all lion's worth of mindshare among automation is increasingly helping organic nature of native ads makes programmatic buying to be more zon, FlipkartMicrosoft to launch Xbox TV categories grew well, mainly due to a poor marketers. Backed by growing pen- brands customise and personalise them appear more trustworthy for accurate and effective. Thirdly, in- app and standalone xCloud streaming Q1 2020, when supply was hit due to pan- etration of smartphones and 4G data their ad campaigns and enable them consumers. Moreover, being as app advertising invariably achieves stick"For PCs, the entire channel has been demic restrictions in China.Notebooks (in- including the upcoming 5G ecosys- to achieve better customer segmen- close to the app's visual appear- a higher click-through rate. No won- paralysed, and despite healthy demand cluding mobile workstations) were the tem, mobile is emerging as the pre- tation and targeting. Robust market- ance, they neither disrupt nor jar der, the demand for in-app adver- from consumers and businesses alike, ful- major growth driver, as shipments grew ferred mode of media consumption, ing automation platforms are there- the consumer eye. Native ads there- tising is expected to grow dramati- filling orders was the primary issue once 119% over Q1 2020. Tablets also had one making mobile outreach central to fore a key to an effective app mar- fore inordinately lead to more leads, cally. According to a market analy- again. Channel partners that have not been of their biggest quarters since 2016, with digital advertising strategy. As mo- keting future.While traditional mar- purchases and better ROI. The fu- sis by Grand View Research, the able to pivot to online sales have seen a 52% year-on-year growth. Desktop ship- bile increasingly assumes the space keting automation platforms used on ture of mobile advertising is there- global in-app advertising market huge portion of their business slip during ments fell 6% to 517,000 units due to a fall of a primary digital device for access- desktops are effective in gathering fore shifting towards native adver- was projected to grow at a CAGR the pandemic," he added."In addition, in popularity for the form factor. ing the Internet, marketers are look- elementary customer information tising trends.There is no dearth of of 19.4% between 2019 and 2025. FAME-II electric 2-wheeler discount policy: ICICI Prudential Life Ather, Ola, Okinawa upbeat about demand announces Bonus Mumbai, June 13 : The news that elec- at Omega Seiki Mobility strongly sup- continue to avail subsidy.""The re- agreed that the key purchase drivers Shillong, June, 2021: ICICI Prudential Life serves the protection and long-term saving tric two-wheeler makers can give a dis- port this initiative. It is a major incen- cently announced modification in the would be the availability of advanced Insurance has announced an annualbonus needs of our customers with sensitivity." count of almost 40 per cent of their tive for Make-in-India local manufac- FAME India Phase 2 scheme will prove technology, eco-friendly nature and of `867crorefor all eligible participating poli- The Company's entire range of traditional scooter or bike value has definitely turers like us, enabling us to bring more to be a game changer. The increase in fuel efficiency. The recent announce- cyholders for FY2021. The bonus declared long-term products provides customers with lifted the sentiments of buyers as well and more EVs of various segments to financial incentive will further help in ment by the government is expected to is the highest ever by the Companytill date safety of capital and steady returns and the as manufacturers. The amendments the country. This will notably make boosting adoption of products in the further motivate the customers to adopt and is also 10% higher than the bonus an- life cover provides the much required finan- to the FAME-II electric vehicle policy India a significant player in the EV category and is a reinforcement of electric vehicles. There are various fac- nounced in the last fiscal. All participating cial security to the family.Lakshya, the was rolled out on Friday and manu- Industry""We welcome the govts government's commitment and intent tors which is driving this shift in prefer- policies in-force as of March 31, 2021 are Company's innovative participating prod- facturers have lauded the efforts in continued support to EVs. Sustain- for the EV industry. We are very ences, however, low operating costs eligible to receive this bonus and will be uct, caters to the diverse needs of custom- adopting EV mobility in the country. able mobility solutions are very im- pleased with this development as Re- of EVs and soaring fuel prices moti- added to the policyholders' benefits. A total ers ranging from long-term wealth creation This scheme also favours electric rick- portant for the future and TVS is in- volt plans to reopen booking and fur- vate buyers to consider more fuel-effi- of 9.8 lakh participating policyholders will to specific income requirements at different shaws as well as buses but the details vesting significantly behind this. The ther expand into newer markets. Such cient alternatives. The increasing lev- benefit from this, taking them closer to their life stages. About ICICI Prudential Life In- of these have to be worked out. We improved incentives for electric two- interventions coupled with the ongo- els of awareness on EV technology long-term financial goals.Bonus is the share surance Company ICICI Prudential Life is have got the reaction of the electric wheelers will increase penetration and ing focus on infrastructure develop- among young consumers is likely to of profits generated by the Company's par- promoted by ICICI Bank Limited and Pru- vehicle manufacturers on the changes accelerate the growth and adoption of ticipating policyholder's funds which are dential Corporation Holdings Limited. The to the FAME-II policy."The revision EVs across product segments."It's an added to their guaranteed maturity benefits, Company began operations in fiscal 2001 in the FAME policy, increasing the important and admirable decision taken thus enhancing the corpus. This is the 15th and has consistently been amongst the subsidy by 50% per KWh is a phe- by the government, a move that will consecutive year the Company has declared top private sector life insurance compa- nomenal move. Sales of electric two- bring down the prices of electric two a bonus, underscoring its customer- nies in India on a Retail Weighted Re- wheelers have grown despite the pan- wheelers nearer to the IC vehicles and centricityand long-term investment ap- ceived Premium (RWRP) basis. The Com- demic and with this additional sub- remove one of the biggest blockade of proach to deliver superior risk-adjusted re- pany offers an array of products in the sidy, we expect electric two-wheeler the high sticker price of electric two turns to policyholders. The stringent invest- Protection and Savings category which sales to disrupt the market, and clock wheelers. A City Speed electric scooter ment philosophy of the Company has en- match the different life stage requirements 6 million+ units by 2025. Ather Energy with a range of 100km/charge will now sured zero defaults in its portfolio since in- of customers, enabling them to provide a already has plans to expand distribu- cost less than 60000 and a high-speed ception and across market cycles. As of financial safety net to their families as well tion to 30 cities in the next 6 months scooter with a range of 80 km will come March 31, 2021, 96.8% of the fixed income as achieve their long-term financial goals. and this increased subsidy will help nearer to the price tag of Rs.1 lac. To- portfolio is invested in sovereign or AAA The digital platform of the Company pro- accelerate consumer demand, im- gether with the other important factors rated paper. Mr. N S Kannan, Managing Di- vides a paperless onboarding experience mensely. The Government's contin- like extremely low running cost, low rector & CEO, ICICI Prudential Life Insur- to customers, empowers them to conduct ued support to drive adoption of EVs, maintenance and zero emission, such ance, said,"We are delighted to announce an assortment of self-service transac- with a keen focus on locally built elec- price levels will surely spur a substan- that the annual bonus for FY2021 is the high- tions, provides a convenient route to make tric two-wheelers will make India the tial demand of electric two wheelers. est ever in the history of the Company. What digital payments for purchasing and mak- manufacturing hub of EVs."The deci- encourage further indigenous invest- ment can accelerate the growth of the We believe the time has come for mass gives us special satisfaction is the fact that it ing renewal premium payments, and fa- sion to extend the FAME II scheme ments in future technology."Yatin sector immensely.""I welcome the adoption of electric two wheelers and coincides with the 20th anniversary of our cilitates a hassle-free claims settlement will be incremental to push EV adop- Gupte, Chairman and Managing Di- government's amendment to the such initiatives coupled with a mass operations. It demonstrates our customer fo- process. On March 31, 2021, the Com- tion in the country. The FAME subsi- rector, Wardwizard Group that makes FAME II subsidy. The incentive of awareness campaign by the govern- cus, resilience and ability to navigate through pany had an AUM of ? 2,142.18 billion dies have helped EV manufacturers Joy e-bike said"The news came at a Rs.15,000 per KWH will help make elec- ment and easy terms financing by pub- the unprecedented challenges posed by the and a Total Sum Assured of ? 20.30 tril- to build efficient and advanced ve- time when the EV industry is on the tric 2 wheelers affordable for many lic sector banks will bring us closer to pandemic. What drives us in this challeng- lion. ICICI Prudential Life is listed on both hicles in the last three years. How- rise. This will not only delight the EV more consumers. I believe India has the target of 30% of the two-wheeler ing environment is thecommitment to our the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Lim- ever, the strict stipulations of the enthusiasts but also encourage the the potential to lead the world in sus- market becoming electric in 5 visionof building an enduring institution that ited and the BSE Limited. scheme have limited the OEMs to avail mainstream commuters to opt for elec- tainable mobility and become a big years."The E2W industry is once again its benefits. Given the slow uptick of tric vehicles."Maneesh Singh, VP, market as well as a global EV manu- experiencing a positive sentiment and EVs, the relaxations and revisions in Strategic Development, DAO EV facturing hub. Our Ola Futurefactory a high level of interest from the Gov- the scheme will ensure OEMs can Tech, a dedicated smart electric mo- will be coming online soon and we ernment of India. The government of continue to offer the vehicles at a sub- bility manufacturing start-up based in will be aggressively pricing our range India's revisions to FAME-II subsidies sidized cost and cultivate a larger mar- Hyderabad said"Government's recent of electric scooters. With yesterday's is a welcome step that will only add ket for electric vehicles."Electric ve- decision to extend FAME II policy till policy incentives, we will be able to zeal to the adoption of electric vehicles. hicles (EVs) are costlier than traditional 2025, has definitely helped EV OEM accelerate the global transition to sus- Lowering the prices of electric scoot- vehicles with internal combustion en- to plan localization and eco-system tainable mobility even faster.""The ers in the country will really help to gines (ICE). This revolutionary step with three years subsidy as known electric vehicle segment in India has persuade more riders to switch from a by the Govt. to subsidize electric three- visibility. It will surely further acceler- immense potential to generate a last- combustion-engined model to an elec- wheelers, two-wheelers, passenger ate IEC to EV vehicle transformation ing impact on the ecosystem of auto- tric one. We have always emphasized vehicles and buses will provide the mandated by respective state EV poli- motive sector despite being in a na- the importance of creating an ecosys- much-needed impetus in faster adop- cies. This will also help EV Eco-sys- scent stage . As per GfK Automotive tem for EV mobility, and this new revi- tion, thus helping greatly in building tem to continue strengthening the Syndicated Monitor 2020 Study. More sion to the FAME II scheme is an im- up the ecosystem of EV's in India. We end-consumer market, as consumers than half of the surveyed respondents portant step in that direction." 6 MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 REGION Contd. From Page 1 CM directs police to unearth cause family at this time of their distress. Later talking to media persons, the Chief Minister said that he visited the family to personally take stock of the incident. He informed that IGP in charge of BTR and SP Kokrajhar have been asked to do an expeditious investigation to unearth the cause of death of the two minor girls. Further saying that women safety always remains top priority of the Assam government; the Chief Minister averred that atrocity in any form against poor too shall not be tolerated. BTC Chief Pramod Boro and Kokrajhar East MLA Lawrence Islary were also present during the visit of the Chief Minister. Microfinance Loans Of ? 12,500 Cr have borrowed from one lender, 5.08 lakh from two lenders, 1.54 lakh from three lenders and 60,000 from more than three lenders.Further, the minister said that only those loans will be waived off which were taken before December 31, 2020.He said those with a family income of Rs one lakh, paying income tax, owning four-wheelers or any other such guidelines set by the RBI will not be considered for the waiver of loans.Mr. Singhal who is heading a committee to assess the financial situation for fulfilling the government's commitment for waiving microfinance loans, was quoted as saying in an agency report, "The chief minister had directed us to prepare a package to provide relief to maximum poor women who had taken loans and are facing immense miseries," Singhal said.The norms of these loans were primarily that a woman cannot be a member of more Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma interacting with the family members of late MLA of Gossaigaon Majendra Narzary at the latter's than one Self Help Groups (SHGs) and not more than two NBFCs should residence at Gossaigaon on Sunday lend to the same borrower.The minister asserted that RBI regulations have been violated and action will be taken against the lenders who have breached the norms of the legal framework as most of the loan Delta Variant Can Infect Despite Covishield, beneficiaries are not aware of the terms and conditions. Rajnath Singh approves budgetary Covaxin Doses: AIIMS Study an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in the de- New Delhi, June 13 : The 'delta' vari- reported to the hospital's emergency and Covaxin, but not as significantly South Africa.Last week a government fence and aerospace sector."The scheme, with budgetary support of Rs ant of COVID-19 - the version first ward complaining of high fever per- as the version first reported from study by scientists from the NCDC 498.8 crore for the next five years, is aimed at providing financial support to detected in India in October last year sisting for five to seven days.Of these India.Both studies also indicated that and the Indian SARS COV2 Genomic nearly 300 start-ups/MSMEs/individual innovators and 20 partner incuba- - is capable of infecting people even 63 people, 53 had been given at least while the vaccine's protection against Consortia indicated that the 'delta' tors under the DIO framework," the ministry said.It said the DIO will enable after they have received both doses one dose of Covaxin and the rest at the 'delta', and even 'alpha', variants variant was behind the second Covid the creation of channels for innovators to engage and interact with the of the Covaxin or Covishield vac- least one dose of Covishield. Thirty- may be reduced, severity of infection wave in India. At the peak of the wave Indian defence production industry."The scheme aims to facilitate rapid de- cines, according to separate studies six had received both doses of one of in each case appeared to be unaf- - in early-May - over four lakh new velopment of new, indigenised and innovative technologies for the Indian by AIIMS (Delhi) and the National these vaccines.76.9 per cent of infec- fected as a result.This is in line with cases were reported every day.Experts defence and aerospace sector to meet their needs in shorter timelines," it Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).It tions by the 'delta' variant were re- scientists' views that there is, as yet, have urged the government to in- said.In the last couple of years, the government has unveiled a series of is important to note that neither study corded in people who had received a no evidence the 'delta' variant is caus- crease the pace of vaccination across reform measures and initiatives to make India a hub of defence has been peer-reviewed as yet.The single dose, and 60 per cent in people ing a greater number of Covid-linked the country in anticipation of a third manufacturing.Last August, Defence Minister Singh had announced that AIIMS study suggests the 'delta' vari- who had received both doses.Data deaths or more severe infections.The wave of infections. So far nearly 24 India will stop the import of 101 weapons and military platforms like trans- ant - which others, including one by from the NCDC-IGIB study indicated AIIMS-IGIB and NCDC-IGIB studies, crore doses have been port aircraft, light combat helicopters, conventional submarines, cruise mis- British health authorities, say is be- that breakthrough infections due to however, appear to contradict a joint administered.India has reported over siles and sonar systems by 2024.A second negative list, putting import re- tween 40 and 50 per cent more infec- the 'delta' variant seemed to affect investigation by the National Insti- 2.9 crore COVID-19 infections so far, strictions on 108 military weapons and systems such as next-generation tious than the 'alpha' version first re- people who took Covishield.This tute of Virology in Pune, the ICMR of which around 12.31 lakh are ac- corvettes, airborne early warning systems, tank engines and radars, was ported from the UK - is likely behind study showed 'delta' breakthrough and Covaxin manufacturers Bharat tive cases and around 3.53 lakh are issued this week.In May last, the government announced increasing the the majority of breakthrough infec- infections in 27 patients who had Biotech.That study, which has also deaths. This morning the country re- FDI limit from 49 per cent to 74 per cent under the automatic route in the tions in India.The AIIMS-IGIB (Insti- taken that vaccine, with the infection not yet been peer-reviewed, indicated ported around 92,000 new cases in defence sector.India is one of the largest importers of arms globally.The tute of Genomics and Integrative Bi- rate at 70.3 per cent.Data from both Covaxin offers protection against 24 hours as it limps back to normalcy government now wants to reduce dependence on imported military plat- ology) study was based on an analy- studies indicated the 'alpha' variant both the 'delta' and 'beta' variants. The after a devastating second wave of forms and has decided to support domestic defence manufacturing.The min- sis of 63 symptomatic patients who is also proving resistant to Covishield 'beta' variant was first discovered in infections. istry has set a goal of a turnover of USD 25 billion (Rs 1.75 lakh crore) in defence manufacturing in the next five years that included an export target Nirad Saikia passes away Himanta Sarma Asks Immigrant of USD 5 billion (Rs 35,000 crore) worth of military hardware. North Lakhimpur, June 13 : Nirada Saikia,a resident of Lechaigaon under Panigaon Police Station of Lakhimpur district, died of post-Covid-19 complications at her Muslims To Control Population SC lawyer Upamanyu Hazarika own residence today at about 1-30 p.m. She suffered from Covid-19,but later Guwahati, June 13 : Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that "social men- aces" like land encroachment can be solved if the immigrant Muslims community in the state to go for "decent family planning" to stop the cured from it after doing treatment in Dibrugarh. She leaves behind two sons, Lakhimpur district BJP General Secretary Dula Saikia and AJYCP leader Bhupen follow family planning.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma population explosion.He said that such an explosion of the population touched a raw nerve today saying "social menaces" like land encroach- may invite conflict."This statement coming at this point of time is very Saikia, two daughter-in-laws and a host of relatives. She was a very popular and pious lady. Her death cast a pall of gloom in the area. ment can be solved if the immigrant Muslims follow a family planning strange and contrary to facts. If birth control was the sole means to restrict norm and control their population.The Bengali-speaking Muslims of cen- population growth, there was no need for the 6-year-old Assam movement, 'Flight risk': Dominica High tral and lower Assam are considered immigrant Muslims from Bangladesh. NRC, etc. The statement is factually erroneous," said Hazarika."It is relevant In the last assembly polls, the BJP's narrative has been to protect the that the explanation trotted out by the chief minister is the same as given by Court denies bail to Mehul Choksi indigenous communities of Assam against them.Immigrant Muslims com- late Tarun Gogoi in 2012 when he had stated that the demographic change in prise around 31 per cent of Assam's 3.12 crore population and are a de- Assam is due to higher birth-rate among migrant Muslims and not due to New Delhi, June 13 : The Dominica High Court has denied bail to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the case of illegal entry into the island coun- ciding factor in as many as 35 of the 126 assembly seats."We have al- infiltration."Hazarika also criticized Goswami for his remarks on the report of ready enacted a population policy in the last assembly session. But par- the Clause 6 committee of the Assam Accord. try after his mysterious disappearance from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda where he is staying as a citizen since 2018, local Caribbean media ticularly we want to work with the minority Muslim community to reduce No Indian should be excluded from reported.The high court on Friday (local time) gave the ruling by conclud- the population burden. Social menaces like poverty, land encroachment, go to the Foreigners' Tribunal. The officials told us that, if we accept this NRC ing that Choksi was a "flight risk", did not have any ties with Dominica and have their root in the population explosion. If we can control the popula- then the people of Assam will face a huge problem, it will threaten the Assamese the court could not impose any conditions which will stop him from leav- tion, we can solve several social problems… if the immigrant Muslims culture, language, genuine Indian citizen will become foreigner," he added.He ing the country, news outlet AntiguaNewsroom said.The promoter of can adopt a decent family norms -- this is my appeal to them," he also alleged that a large number of documents, submitted by suspected people Geetanjali Gems and other famous diamond brands in India had fled the added.Encroachment cannot be allowed on forest and temple lands, the whose names are listed in the NRC, are forged.Dass claimed that out of 19 lakh country weeks before Rs 13,500 crore fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB) Chief Minister said."But I understand that it is due to high growth of people whose names were left out from the NRC list, maximum are genuine allegedly involving him and his nephew Nirav Modi surfaced.Choksi, 62, population. I understand the pressure on the other side. Where will the Indian citizens."Not a single Hindustani name should be deleted. If needed, who has an Interpol Red Notice against him, had mysteriously gone miss- people stay?" Mr Sarma said, adding he would like to work on this issue the Assam government is ready to spend the money which will be spent in the ing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since with all the stakeholders, including organizations like Badruddin Ajmal's re-verification process. If some anomalies are detected during 20 per cent re- 2018 as a citizen after fleeing from India.He was detained in the neighbouring party AIUDF and the All Assam Minority Students' Union or AAMSU."If verification process, then there should be 100 per cent re-verification in place," island country of Dominica for illegal entry after a possible romantic esca- the population explosion continues, one day even the Kamakhya temple Ranjeet Kumar Dass said. pade with his rumoured girlfriend. land will be encroached upon, even my house will be," he added. Madhya Pradesh to inoculate showing their passport as the identity card," he said.Jadia estimated that about "Over My Dead Body": Congress's Kapil Sibal 5,000 Pakistani refugees are living in Indore and most of them are settled in the city's Sindhi Colony area."We are administering anti-COVID 19 doses to all adults on humanitarian grounds. Last month, we had vaccinated a Dutch citizen On Jitin Prasada-Style Switch who had come to Indore for some work," he recalled.Indore district, which is the with the Congress, so I took this im- talks about principled politics, with worst hit by the pandemic in Madhya Pradesh, has so far recorded 1.52 lakh portant decision after a lot of delib- what face do they take Jitin? People COVID-19 cases including 1,370 fatalities, according to officials.About 13.53 eration. In the last eight-10 years, I are losing faith in this kind of lakh people were administered the first dose of the vaccine in the Indore district have felt that if there is one party that politics."Speculation is now swirling while 2.35 lakh people had received both doses. is truly national, it is BJP. Other par- around Sachin Pilot, who has been ties are regional but this is the na- demanding a fairer share in the party Elections In Jammu And Kashmir tional party."Mr Prasada is the sec- since his revolt against Rajasthan be held in tandem with the national elections in 2019, but the Election Commis- ond big loss for the Congress after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot last sion negated it, citing an administration report that said there was a security risk. Jyotiraditya Scindia, another former year.Mr Pilot was persuaded by Sonia Today, sources told that the government "may initiate engagement process with Rahul Gandhi aide who switched to Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka the political parties and may discuss statehood and elections".National Confer- the BJP last year along with a group Gandhi to end his rebellion, on the ence patriarch and Gupkar Alliance chief Farooq Abdullah said they are not of Madhya Pradesh MLAs, bringing promise of a course correction. He re- averse to dialogue. The Alliance, formed in August last year, has been inactive down the Congress government in the cently reminded his party leaders that for over six months over internal differences. But on Wednesday last Farooq state.The Madhya Pradesh defec- nothing had changed since.Asked Abdullah visited People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti at her tions, along with back-to-back election about the Congress's failure to follow home and had a discussion with her and other Gupkar alliance losses, spurred Congress veterans like through, Mr Sibal said: "Issues were members.Indication of a possible dialogue with Kashmiri leadership has come New Delhi, June 13 : As the Con- We have reached a stage in Indian Mr Sibal, Ghulam Nabi Azad and not addressed, that is true. They must in the wake of US Congressional hearing in which a top Biden administration gress processes Jitin Prasada's switch politics where decisions of this nature Anand Sharma into shooting off the be addressed as quickly as possible. official said that the US is encouraging the Indian Government to take elec- to the BJP -- a high profile exit that are not based on ideology at all. They unprecedented letter that appeared to We will continue to raise those issues. toral steps in Kashmir."Kashmir is one area where we have urged them to once again exposes the party's deep are based on what I now call 'Prasada take on the Gandhis while suggesting If the party for some reason tells me return to normalcy as quickly as possible, including we've seen some steps crisis -- the spotlight is on other mem- Ram politics'. Earlier it was Aaya Ram collective decision-making and "full- we don't need you, I will leave it. I am taken: The release of prisoners, the restoration of 4G access, things of that bers of the "G-23" or group of 23 "dis- Gaya Ram. We have seen this happen- time, visible leadership".Mr Sibal said not in it for myself, but I will never in nature. There are other electoral steps we'd like to see them take and that we sident" leaders who wrote to Sonia ing in West Bengal - suddenly people the Congress desperately needs re- my life over my dead body join the have encouraged them to do and will continue to do so," Dean Thompson, Gandhi calling for sweeping reforms. leave because they think BJP is going forms and the party leadership had BJP who I have opposed since my Acting Assistant of State for South and Central Asia said during a Congres- Kapil Sibal, a prominent member of this to succeed...You want to fight elec- to listen. At the same time, it was in- birth as a politician. That's my issue sional hearing.The Centre had held local bodies elections in the Union Ter- club, emphatically ruled out a similar tions not on the basis of your con- explicable, he said, that a person like with Jitin Prasada."Pressed on the so- ritory in December in which the Gupkar Alliance won more than 100 seats move, declaring it would be "Over my victions towards an ideology but Jitin Prasada would join the BJP."Even called reforms, he replied: "Don't ask and the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 74 seats. The Congress dead body".The former Union Minis- your conviction that 'I might get if issues are addressed, if a person me, ask whoever has to address them. has won 27 seats.The alliance said the polls were a referendum on the scrap- ter, however, seized the chance to send something personally'. The same thinks I am not getting anything, he The Congress must become the grand ping of Article 370, as cited by the BJP, but the results were indications that out a message to his party bosses, that happened in Madhya Pradesh, will leave. Jitin may have good rea- old party that it was. For that we need the people have rejected the scrapping of Article 370 and the BJP narrative it is time for them to listen. He also Karnataka, Maharashtra..."Jitin sons to leave. I don't blame him for reforms. We are fighting within the on it.The Gupkar Declaration was signed on August 4, 2019, after an all- disapproved of what he dubbed Prasada, who was close to Rahul leaving the party. I blame him for the system we have continued to raise party meeting at the Gupkar Road residence National Conference patriarch "Prasada Ram politics based on per- Gandhi, quit yesterday after two years reasons he joined the BJP. With what issues. If the head stops listening, the Farooq Abdullah.It marked a resolution of attending regional parties and the sonal gain" rather than ideology."I of speculation, attacking his party of face can he say that now I am embrac- organization will decline. All that we Congress to protect Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional status and don't want to comment on what the 20 years with this parting shot: "I ing an ideology I was opposed to for want is that the Congress party fight against any move to dilute it. party leadership has done or not done. have a three-generation connection three decades? And this party that should listen to us." SPORTS PLUS MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 7 Robert Page happy for Wales to 'put tin hats on' in opening Switzerland draw Gareth Southgate and England have become victims of the blame game London, June 13 : "These were manager's brief, the precise all, blame the manager.It is a hugely visible strengths in his team, allied the new horror days of a nation that definition of the concept of unexpected turn in the life and times with some obvious weaknesses and was all played out, a nation of riot "Englishness" and the semiotics of of Southgate that he should become a difficult draw.He has known for and yobbery, a nation with a race and tolerance. Graham Taylor an oddly divisive cultural presence some time that his chances of ridiculous government, an called it the impossible job. Graham, on issues that have very little to do success, and indeed England's economy in a tailspin - England, old bean, you have no idea.It was with football.Southgate is a son of entire summer, are likely to rest on whatever the hell happened to inevitable the so-called culture war working-class parents. His playing how his team wrestles with high- England?"There is probably some would invade football's very public career was remarkable mainly for its stake games away from Wembley. comfort to be found that these oppositions. Everything is doggedness, for the force of Southgate seems convinced his words were written three decades polarised, every object has a binary personality that drove him on from best hope is to play a back three, ago, coda to another epic meaning. On one hand masks, the reserves at Crystal Palace to a compress the space in England's tournament, another moment of Marcus Rashford, performative tournament semi-final with own half and have players who cultural shift that seemed, at the vaccination and agreeing with the England.That doggedness is a press hard from the front.This might time, to be oddly bound up with seem a contradictory idea. Rome, June 13 : Robert Page has said his Moore's equaliser. Page insisted the England football.All Played Out, England's defenders are their weak Wales players are happy to "dig a trench Manchester United winger's withdrawal was Pete Davies's chronicle of Italia 90, link so let's insert another one into and put tin hats on" in their quest to reach for the greater good. "I liked the fact he was is still the most profoundly brilliant the starting lineup. But this is a the European Championship knockout angry," Page said, after complimenting James book written about football, matter of chemistry and balance. stages after eking out a crucial point in their on the work he had put in."If players are Englishness and English football. Plus the opposition also have a say Group A opener against Switzerland. Kieffer pleased to come off the pitch, that says they As Gareth Southgate's players in what happens.Southgate has Moore cancelled out Breel Embolo's second- are not interested and don't want to be on prepare to take their first step into played his hand so close it is still half header and Page urged Wales to build there. It is not about keeping individuals these plague era Euros on Sunday possible he will continue with the on the draw when they face Turkey here in happy - at times you have to make difficult afternoon, a month-long jaunt back four England have used in their Baku on Wednesday.Italy top the group decisions. I get his frustration and I have no around the previously borderless past five matches. This would allow after beating Turkey 3-0 on Friday but Page problem with that whatsoever. He's a great entity known as Europe, that another attacking presence.It is a is adamant his side are in a strong position lad and he cares. He wants to play for his opening passage feels like a choice made easier by the fact after surviving a late scare against country and he wants to play every minute. longsighted nod from the past. Plus Croatia have also evolved, but not Switzerland, when Mario Gavranovic's late He gave us everything."The Switzerland ça change. Plus, c'est the same old in a good way. England have got strike was ruled offside."To get off to a manager, Vladimir Petkovic, said he had no thing all over again.And so here we younger and better since that positive start was important for us," said regrets over substituting Xherdan Shaqiri go. Welcome to international Duke of Sussex. On the other flags, theme of his second footballing life, World Cup semi-final. Croatia are Page, the interim Wales manager. "I've said after 66 minutes, at which point they led football in the time of rage and Jack Grealish, pre-match too. He felt like an accidental leader older and weaker. England may well to the players, that's the foundations now. courtesy of Embolo's header. "He showed a counter-rage, of gestures and jeers, McCarthyism and agreeing with the in 2016, an in-house fill-in. This has win and in doing so buy some If we have to dig a trench and put our tin good performance but I also thought about and a team and a manger who have Duke of Cambridge.What is proved misleading over five years goodwill for Southgate in the race hats on at times we will do it and we proved the next matches where we need him and I become, against all expectation, interesting is how those chips have of quietly effective revolution. If he against those free-floating furies.If we can do that as well as play. It feels like a wanted to create more stability in midfield," profoundly politicised.Southgate fallen. For the first time the England feels like an accidental politician too there is a lesson to learned from this win in the changing room. I am so proud of Petkovic said."We became a little more has had six days with his squad to team and manager are decisively then this current status is also peculiar intersection of politics and the players. We got a little bit of luck towards passive but this is not only our fault prepare for Croatia at Wembley. He and unarguably of the left. For the simply a function of character. tournament football it is that the end but that is the start we are because Wales had to risk more and they has stretched those days to their first time there is a schism between Southgate has listened to his England did adapt and settle at Italia after."Page praised Danny Ward's had to put in a stronger performance. Our limits, poring over defensive players, manager and the team's players and followed his 90. The fans were more blissed out outstanding display in goal and said he had opponents showed some excellent structure, midfield balance, fine core fanbase.At Italia 90, the heavy conscience.Now he faces a rare than enraged. The team found no concerns about Daniel James frustration's qualities."Switzerland now play Italy in points of personnel and, in a weather around Bobby Robson's state of jeopardy. From here, at least previously hidden depths, thrilling upon being substituted a minute after Rome on Wednesday. departure from the standard England was centred on the until England start winning, team and indeed uniting those who were behaviour of the travelling fans, selection and tactics will be shot watching.That summer was joyful, demonised by the Thatcher through with these external and also transformative, as English Exeter secure home play-off semi-final government as barbaric marauding forces.Kalvin Phillips and Jack clubs were grudgingly readmitted hordes and a very handy scapegoat Grealish take the knee before the to Europe, a prelude to the boom for the tensions of the time. Blame friendly against Romania at the times to come.Football won't solve as thrilling comeback sinks Sale football, blame the fans.This time Riverside Stadium - a move which your problems. But nothing London, June 13 : This uniquely around Boris Johnson was able to was booed by some fans.These succeeds like success and if there demanding Premiership season has seen speak directly to those supporters Euros were already a difficult affair. is a genuine sense of unity out there some remarkable contests but few more (also known as voters) who feel England went into the 2018 World it is in the sense that everyone, extraordinary than this one. Having been angered by England taking of the Cup liberated from expectation. without exception, needs a little a distant second for much of the game knee. Alliances have shifted. Blame Leadership, vibes and the luck of escapism, a little collectivism and a 14-man Exeter staged the most stunning football: blame the players. Blame the draw got them to a semi-final. reminder that life can also be a of comebacks from 19-3 down and will the Marxist millionaires. And above This time around Southgate has source of shared pleasure. now enjoy home advantage when these two sides meet here again in next Saturday's semi-finals.Early in the Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand: second half Sale had appeared to be on course for a home semi themselves 'I can't praise my players enough' thanks to tries from Byron McGuigan, AJ MacGinty, and Arron Reed. All they London, June 13 : The Denmark Honestly it was best needed was a fourth try to secure an all- coach, Kasper Hjulmand, paid tribute to get it over with. Of important extra bonus point, the to his players after they completed course you can't play dismissal of Sam Skinner for a high their Euro 2020 group match against a game with such challenge on the diminutive Faf de Klerk ensured this was no meaningless exacerbated the problem from the hosts' Finland despite witnessing Christian feelings and what we with 25 minutes left having seemingly phoney war. There was almost as much perspective. When Dave Ewers was Eriksen being given CPR on the pitch tried to do was sunk the home side without trace. power on view as at the G7 summit down shown a yellow card for a high tackle on shortly before half-time.The players incredible." The Instead, it proved the catalyst for a the A30 in Cornwall, with appreciably a spinning Simon Hammersley, however, formed a protective circle around their national team doctor, rousing revival, tries from the less in the way of kid-glove diplomacy. there was some local relief the sanction teammate as he was resuscitated, but Morten Boesen, was outstanding Luke Cowan-Dickie and Stu Despite the presence of three familiar ex- was not even more punitive.With Sale's then, after a suspension of more than one of those who Townsend and the accurate boot of Joe Chiefs in Sale's matchday 23 in suffocating linespeed also denying an hour and half, agreed to complete tended to the player Simmonds hauling last season's double McGuigan, Sam Hill and James Phillips, Exeter the chance to build though the the match, once word had come on the pitch. "I didn't see it myself Peter Møller said the players had champions back in front in the final it had the feel of a proper ding dong from phases the half-time scoreline of 14-3 was through that Eriksen was awake and but it was pretty clear that he was spoken to Eriksen and were "playing quarter. The hosts duly hung on to the outset on a gorgeous summer's day. a fair reflection of the balance of power, talking in hospital."It was a tough unconscious," he said. "When I get the match for Christian". Hjulmand clinch second place in the table and Sale, having won their previous eight the hairline penalty awarded against the night," Hjulmand said. "We are all to him he is on his side. He is outlined the toll the events had taken ensure the rematch will be staged back league matches, made their intent clear hosts' maul as they drove ominously reminded what the most important breathing and I can feel his pulse but on his squad."There are players in in Devon.Sale will also have to overcome inside the opening two minutes, a smart towards the line a couple of minutes thing in life is and that is to have suddenly that changes and as there who are completely the likely absence of the influential cross-field chip from MacGinty creating before the interval deepening their valuable relations. We have a group everyone saw, we started giving him emotionally finished ... they are MacGinty, who was taken off on a good field position before the same frustration.Reed's 43rd-minute try and of players I can't praise enough. I CPR."Help came really, really fast holding each other," he said, stretcher late in the game, and their feisty player floated a lovely ball to McGuigan Skinner's dismissal, however, were to be couldn't be prouder of these people from the medical team and the rest of struggling to hold back tears. "It was hooker, Akker van der Merwe, but Exeter to score in the opposite corner.The fast swiftly forgotten. Back came Exeter, who take such good care of each the staff and with their cooperation a traumatic experience. I said that, will know they have not won the war start further underlined their emergence shrugging off their first-half torpor, and other at such a time where one of my we did what we had to do. We no matter what, everything was quite yet.Before their late renaissance, as genuine challengers under the Cowan-Dickie's close-range score very, very dear friends is managed to get Christian back. He OK."We had to allow ourselves to with their other Lions forwards, Jonny stewardship of Alex Sanderson, even if changed the game.The lively Townsend suffering."Hjulmand described how spoke to me before he was taken to show joy and aggression, to make Hill and Sam Simmonds also to the fore, the early loss of Van der Merwe and wriggled over five minutes later and, as the players agreed to wait until they the hospital for more room for the emotions. You cannot they endured all kinds of problems at flanker Cameron Neild to injury was at Northampton the previous week, were sure Eriksen was OK, and then analysis."Denmark lost the game 1- play a football match at this level the breakdown and Sale will return to inauspicious.It made little immediate Exeter finished like men possessed. Nine chose between the two options they 0, but that was far from being a without being aggressive." the south-west feeling they still have a difference, though, with MacGinty minutes were left when Joe Simmonds were offered: either to carry on or to concern. "All of our thoughts and Hjulmand revealed that the captain puncher's chance of making their first accelerating through a small midfield hole kicked a splendid 45-metre penalty to put return on Sunday at 2pm. "There was prayers are with Christian and his Simon Kjær, a close friend of Premiership final for 15 years.With Bristol to score their second try after 22 his team ahead for the first time and leave no pressure from Uefa to play family right now," said Hjulmand. Eriksen's, had to be withdrawn after confirmed as regular season champions minutes.While Exeter were looking Rob Baxter, the Exeter director of rugby, tonight," he said. "We knew we had "Christian is one of our best players the restart. "Simon was deeply, before kick off after the cancellation of strong at the set piece, the Curry twins shaking his head."It's hard for me to two options. The players couldn't and he's an even better person, so all deeply affected," he said. "Deeply their game against London Irish, were causing plenty of problems on the explain really," he said. "But it shows imagine not being able to sleep my thoughts and all my positive affected. He was in doubt whether however, the decision of both coaches floor and the departure of openside that if we have to stand and fight we're a tonight and then having to get on energy go out to Christian."The he could continue and gave it a shot, to go full throttle with their selections Jannes Kirsten with a head knock bloody good side." the bus and come in again tomorrow. Danish football federation director but it could not be done. Josh Bayliss with final flourish as Bath beat Northampton to seal Europe spot Leicester were the teams who could Covid-19 in the London Irish camp did early on, and then an Anthony took Bath into seventh place, in between have been denied, had they not for their trip to Bristol, which had the Watson break laid on a fine try for Leicester and Wasps.Neither of those collected the various points required. doubly unsatisfactory effect of Taulupe Faletau, but still Bath went in were quite assured of their place in the Happily, these days are also marked handing Bristol top spot without so at the break 15-19 down. Jacques du top eight, before the whistle blew in by an abundance of tries, so the much as lacing a boot and nudging Toit's try early in the second half Coventry, so they racked up the tries to various bonus points were duly Irish into that eighth spot, courtesy of regained them the lead, but James make sure they garnered the points collected, Bath's in spectacular fashion the two points they were awarded as Grayson rounded off a lengthy needed one way or another.The Tigers' at the very end of their home match the infected party.Thus they leap- passage for Saints on the hour, despite continuing resurgence continued with a against Northampton, who were frogged Bath, who now knew they Naiyaravoro's yellow five minutes 38-31 victory on the road, scoring five of already qualified.The virus claimed two needed a point, rather than just earlier.A Rhys Priestland penalty a the match's nine tries, one of them matches from the programme, thus suspecting as much. At the Rec, the couple of minutes later earned Bath a claimed in an urgent style by Dan Cole, messing with the ancient principle that hosts never lost contact with that lead they would not relinquish, his third Premiership try in 13 seasons all games in a final round should start bonus point, even if for stretches of rendering their spectacular bonus-point and 191 matches. Naturally, it was from concurrently. Gloucester's tie with the match it looked as if it might have try at the death superfluous, if richly very close range. Wasps' four tries in Worcester had been cancelled earlier to be of the losing variety. At various gratifying. Josh Bayliss, one of Bath's reply, secured by the hour mark, tended in the week, but as the teams in the points, they trailed the Saints, for numerous back-row forwards of to feature more in the way of derring-do, London, June 13 : As so often these the Premiership's final day finished 11th and 12th, theirs was the most whom Taqele Naiyaravoro contributed outrageous athleticism, stepped and but the second bonus point they days, in rugby, sport and society, a with the teams who had started in expendable, even if Gloucester retained two tries and a yellow card at a galloped home from 60 metres, leaving secured with a penalty from the last kick pesky virus played an the top eight remaining there to a mathematical chance of the top sensitive moment.Sam Underhill three Northampton three-quarters of the game merely under-scored their unsatisfactorily influential role, but qualify for Europe.Wasps, Bath and eight.But then, on the day, a case of responded with a chargedown try trailing in his wake, for a 30-24 win that claim on the eighth and final place. k k y y m

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8 c Zak Crawley's confusion is a symptom Barbora Krejcikova beats Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win French Open of England's top-order batting malaise Paris, June 13 : Over the past two London, June 13 : It was hot and work out which felt better. Five years weeks in Paris, Barbora close when England's openers got later, he still seems to be trying to Krejcikova has competed in just out to the middle, headache weather, make up his mind. In the meantime the fifth grand slam singles main heavy and oppressive. The team he's struggling. They say a man draw of her career, her third as a were already in some trouble, 85 ought to know his limitations, it feels direct entrant. She has not even runs behind, and it was about to get like Crawley has become overfamil- made it to Wimbledon or the US a whole lot worse. It turned out that iar with his in these last few months Open as a singles player, yet when slender lead was just about as much of Test cricket.You could see the she finally does she will make her as New Zealand needed. Rory hesitation in his choice of shots, he debut in those events as a grand Burns, England's one in-form bats- never seemed sure whether he ought slam singles champion.In a won- man, went first. Burns has been play- to be playing or not, he hit two sweet derful display of toughness and ing so well that he seemed to forget straight drives down the ground, guile, the unseeded Krejcikova that he was supposed to start all over. played and missed at two similar defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the began to sing. After sealing two decisive He threw a bold drive at the second deliveries, left alone a couple more 31st seed, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 to win the French games with wicked backhand winners, she ball of the innings and sliced it be- that weren't so very different. Six Open. After a run that has included one served for the set at 5-1.As she served out hind to second slip.That sparked a balls, all much of a muchness, met match point saved, numerous battles and the set, Pavlyuchenkova pulled up with fire that burned through the evening then, he's made it past 20 once in 12 was straighter, and he stood tall and in three different ways. He'd made ample beat-downs across matches an injury in her left leg. She lost her ser- session, as panic, indecision and innings. Coming into bat here, he tapped it away square for a single. it to 17, his second-best Test score against five seeded players, Krejcikova vice game and then took a medical poor thinking seemed to leap from was on a run of 0, 9, 5, 2, 2, Up in the commentary box, Sky's since last August, when he got out, has become the second Czech woman to timeout, amusingly easing the pain while one batsman to the next. Forget the 0.Crawley spun his bat in his hand, analysts were watching to see lbw, to a ball that Henry angled back win at Roland Garros, after Hana she received a massage by snacking on Ashes, by stumps, English cricket stooped, settled into his guard. He whether Crawley was using a trig- into his pads. Joe Root seemed to Mandlikova in 1981.Few grand slam some Haribo gold bears. When she was already reduced to cinders and was muttering to himself, "watch the ger movement. When he made that urge him to take a gratuitous review, champions have taken a similar path to emerged, she had no choice but to dust. The third day of the second ball". Matt Henry was bowling. 267 he'd tapped his front foot be- which only confirmed what Crawley Krejcikova. Despite reaching No 1 in minimise her movement and attack, nail- Test will go down as one of the sor- Henry, 29, doesn't get into New fore every shot, but recently had and everyone else already knew. It doubles, winning five women's and ing a gutsy cross-court backhand winner riest they've had in a home Test Zealand's first team, and has a Test stopped doing it. Now he seemed was plumb.Crawley wasn't the only mixed doubles grand slam titles and to take the set.Both had played excellent match in a long time.Zak Crawley match bowling average in the low to be in two minds. Sometimes he culprit. Like Dan Lawrence, Ollie therefore being well known for years, the tennis in parts, but as the third set began was in next. It's worth stopping on 50s. But he's fast, whips the ball off was, sometimes he wasn't. It was a Pope, and James Bracey he comes 25 year-old spent the first nine years of it remained to be seen who would snatch Crawley's innings. Not because he the seam, and he knows how to microscopic detail, a sign of the across as gifted kid trying to scrape her career outside of the top 100 in the opportunity. Krejcikova did.At the is the problem, but because he is bowl in England because he's had intense scrutiny he's under, but it by on talent and instinct. They've singles, including six years stuck in the most important intersection of her singles symptomatic of it. Crawley was long, successful spells playing in was a telling detail because it re- played too little first-class cricket to limbo of the 101-200 ranking spots."It's career, the score 3-3, she fearlessly stood picked to play Test cricket 18 the county championship for vealed the confusion in his understand how to adjust to the chal- something I've always dreamed about," on top of the baseline, directing months ago on the strength of his Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and thinking.This is an old problem, lenges of batting in a Test match, she said. "Winning here my first grand Pavlyuchenkova from side to side. She potential. He had a first-class aver- Kent, where he was Crawley's one he should have ironed out some have techniques they can't trust be- slam doubles title [in 2018], then win- closed off the game with consecutive win- age of 32, but a game that made wise teammate. They have a sense of place other than in a Test match. His cause they're all being pulled in dif- ning the mixed ones. Now, I was just tell- ners, backhand and forehand, and soon men nod their heads, and shots that each other's strengths and weak- mentor Rob Key has said that it was ferent directions by the competing ing myself it would be really nice if I led 5-3, 15-40 on Pavlyuchenkova's serve. left the rest of us purring. Eighteen nesses. Not that Crawley's flaws a problem for Crawley way back needs of trying to succeed in three could get a grand slam in all three cat- The Russian scuppered both break points months later, he's still living off his take much knowing. He'd already when he was 18 and playing for different formats, and are growing egories. I cannot believe it, now it's and held.This could have been the mo- promise, that one monumental got himself out three times in this Sevenoaks. Crawley said then that up in culture that seems to have told happening."Having triumphed with ment that things fell apart. But through- double century against Pakistan at series chasing the ball outside off he couldn't tell if he was moving too them that despite it all, it's enough craftiness, delicate hands and a vast ar- out this long two-week journey, Southampton last summer all the stump.So of course the first ball was much or too little. Key told him to for them just to back themselves, ray of shots, she stands as a reminder of Krejcikova has continually demonstrated evidence we have that he might be- wide outside off. Crawley left it. go into the nets, try batting both with however unusual or idiosyncratic all of the talent that exists outside of the her toughness under furious pressure. She come a great Test batsman. Since The second was too, but the third and without a trigger movement, and their methods might be. top events, so much of which simply did so again by shaking off her nerves to needs the right time and circumstances serve out the title.Afterwards, a battered to thrive.After making two double faults and bruised Pavlyuchenkova reflected on in the tense opening game to lose her her own progress as she banished many Christian Eriksen given chest serve immediately, Krejcikova's game demons by finally passing the quarter fi- began to flow and she was in full con- nal stage: "I didn't expect that this tour- trol, weaving her web as she dragged her nament I'll be in the final," she said."Again compressions after he collapsed Russian opponent around the court with I tell you, physically I wasn't feeling su- her arsenal of angles, sharply redirected per great, like ready 100%. Still, because London, June 13 : Danish international footballer Chris- backhands and drop shots. From 0-1 of fighting and believing, you can still tian Eriksen was given chest compressions by medics dur- down, Krejcikova breezed through six achieve it."rejcikova is now on a 12-match ing the Euro 2020 clash against Finland in Copenhagen games in a row to take the set 6- winning streak after clinching her maiden k k y on Saturday.Eriksen, 29, collapsed face first into the pitch 1.Pavlyuchenkova had been flattened for WTA title the week before the French y m while running to collect a throw-in with no other player a set, but after nailing a brilliant forehand Open and will be ranked No 15, and the m c near him. His teammates and Finnish players nearby drive volley to save break point in the week is still not over. She will play in the c quickly signalled to English referee Anthony Taylor that opening game of the second set, she came doubles final alongside her longtime part- Eriksen, a former Tottenham Hotspur favourite, needed alive.Throughout the set, she dictated and ner, Katerina Siniakova, as she attempts urgent medical attention.The doctors ran over to Eriksen demonstrated all of her prodigious ball- to become the first player since Mary and, as it became apparent just how serious the situation striking talent as her wondrous backhand Pierce in 2000 to do the double in Paris. was, the 16,000-strong crowd in the stadium fell silent. The Finnish midfielder Joel Pohjanpalo had his head in Mack Horton's Olympic title defence his hands in distress. Thomas Delaney, the Danish turns to dust after failing to qualify midfielder, used his shirt to wipe tears from his eyes. The Denmark players, stepping back to allow the medics ac- London, June 13 : Mack Horton won't contested Sunday.Earlier, McKeon broke cess, formed a shield around Eriksen to allow him and the defend his Olympic 400m freestyle title her own national 100m butterfly record tending medics privacy.A stadium announcer asked fans in Tokyo after failing to make the Aus- and was on world-record pace until fad- to stay in their seats until further information could be pro- tralian team for the event.Horton finished ing in the last five metres. The multi-tal- vided. Eriksen's partner emerged on the pitch where she third in the final at Australia's selection ented swimmer, who could race as many was consoled by Denmark captain Simon Kjaer and goal- ers and officials.The Football Association playVilla forward Jack Grealish.Former trials in Adelaide on Saturday night. Only as eight events in Tokyo, won in 55.93 keeper Kasper Schmeichel.Both teams subsequently left released a statement, which read: "Our Bolton Wanderers midfielder, Fabrice the top two - Elihaj Winnington and Jack seconds, bettering her previous Austra- the field with officials holding up sheets to hide the thoughts this evening are with Christian Muamba who collapsed after suffering a McLoughlin - earned selection for next lian record of 56.18.Swede Sarah stricken player from view.Eriksen was given treatment Eriksen and his family, and all connected heart attack, said poignantly on social me- month's Tokyo Olympics.The opening Sjostrom holds the world record (55.48), for about 10 minutes before being carried off on a with the Danish Football Union." The dia: "Please God."Muamba, whose heart night of the trials featured Australian and McKeon had no idea she was close stretcher. A Reuters photographer reported seeing Eriksen Welsh FA said their players and staff were stopped beating for more than an hour, was records to Emma McKeon (100m but- to that benchmark. "That gives me con- raise his hand as he was carried away.Experts said the "all praying" for Eriksen.Dozens of current revived and eventually recovered in hospi- terfly) and Brendon Smith (400m indi- fidence," she said. "It's significantly faster Parken stadium is very close to the Rigshospitalet, one and former players posted messages of sup- tal after a cardiac specialist in the Spurs vidual medley).But Horton was unable than what I have been going for the last of Denmark's top cardiac units. In a statement Uefa said port for the player, including his crowd ran on to the pitch to assist.David to secure selection at the South Austra- four years."McKeon, who won four med- the player had been "stabilised". The news that Eriksen Internazionale teammate Achraf Hakimi. Lammy, the Labour MP for Tottenham and lian Aquatic Centre despite coming al- als - gold and two silvers in relays and a had been taken to hospital was greeted by the crowd "Eriksen Please," tweeted the Moroccan shadow justice secretary, tweeted: "Prayers most two-and-half-seconds inside the bronze in the 200m freestyle - at the 2016 chanting his name - Finnish fans chanted "Christian", international. Others posting similar tweets and thoughts for Danish and Spurs Legend qualifying time. Winnington won in three Rio Olympics, said she was benefiting while their Danish counterparts replied "Eriksen".The for the Denmark midfielder include former Christian Eriksen. "We are all rooting for minutes and 42.65 seconds ahead of from the Tokyo Games being postponed Danish Football Association said later the player was Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher and you brother.' A spokesperson for the BBC McLoughlin (3:43.27).Horton, who a year because of the coronavirus "awake and waiting for more tests". Uefa announced the Manchester United's former defender Gary issued an apology after pictures of Eriksen clocked 3:43.92, is still a chance to earn pandemic."Having that extra year defi- match had been suspended pending a meeting with Neville as well as current England and Aston were broadcast while he received treatment. selection in the 200m freestyle, to be nitely helped.

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